How To Install opencollada-tools on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencollada-tools on Debian 11. opencollada-tools is Command line tool for validating COLLADA files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencollada-tools on Debian 11.

What is opencollada-tools

opencollada-tools is:

OpenCOLLADA is a project dedicated to join efforts using COLLADA within various DCC tools like 3ds Max, Maya, Blender and a fast SDK for reading and writing COLLADA files.

This package contains an OpenCOLLADA based validator for COLLADA files.

There are three methods to install opencollada-tools on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install opencollada-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install opencollada-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install opencollada-tools

Install opencollada-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opencollada-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opencollada-tools

Install opencollada-tools Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install opencollada-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opencollada-tools

How To Uninstall opencollada-tools on Debian 11

To uninstall only the opencollada-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opencollada-tools

Uninstall opencollada-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opencollada-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opencollada-tools

Remove opencollada-tools Configurations and Data

To remove opencollada-tools configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opencollada-tools

Remove opencollada-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove opencollada-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opencollada-tools

Dependencies

opencollada-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencollada-tools package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.