How To Install opensubdiv-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensubdiv-tools on Kali Linux. opensubdiv-tools is high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensubdiv-tools on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.