How To Install openscad on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openscad
on Debian 10.
What is openscad
openscad is:
OpenSCAD is a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects. It focuses on CAD aspects rather than artistic ones.
OpenSCAD is not an interactive modeller. Instead it is something like a 3D-compiler that reads in a script file that describes the object and renders the 3D model from this script. This gives the designer full control over the modelling process and enables him to easily change any step in the modelling process or make designes that are defined by configurable parameters.
There are three methods to install openscad
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openscad Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openscad
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openscad
Install openscad Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openscad
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openscad
Install openscad 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 openscad
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openscad
How To Uninstall openscad on Debian 10
To uninstall only the openscad
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openscad
Uninstall openscad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openscad
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openscad
Remove openscad Configurations and Data
To remove openscad
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openscad
Remove openscad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openscad
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openscad
Dependencies
openscad have the following dependencies:
- lib3mf1
- libboost-filesystem1.67.0
- libboost-program-options1.67.0
- libboost-regex1.67.0
- libboost-system1.67.0
- libboost-thread1.67.0
- libc6
- libcgal13
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgcc1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openscad
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.