How To Install opensubdiv-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensubdiv-tools on Debian 12.
What is opensubdiv-tools
opensubdiv-tools is:
OpenSubdiv is a set of open source libraries that implement high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) evaluation on massively parallel CPU and GPU architectures. This codepath is optimized for drawing deforming subdivs with static topology at interactive framerates. The resulting limit surface matches Pixar’s Renderman to numerical precision.
This package provides the official tools.
There are three methods to install opensubdiv-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install opensubdiv-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 opensubdiv-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opensubdiv-tools
Install opensubdiv-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opensubdiv-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opensubdiv-tools
Install opensubdiv-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 opensubdiv-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opensubdiv-tools
How To Uninstall opensubdiv-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the opensubdiv-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opensubdiv-tools
Uninstall opensubdiv-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opensubdiv-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensubdiv-tools
Remove opensubdiv-tools Configurations and Data
To remove opensubdiv-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opensubdiv-tools
Remove opensubdiv-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opensubdiv-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensubdiv-tools
Dependencies
opensubdiv-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensubdiv-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
