How To Install opensurgsim-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensurgsim-doc on Debian 9.

What is opensurgsim-doc

opensurgsim-doc is:

OpenSurgSim is C++ toolkit for developing real-time surgical simulations. It lets you build simulators using the included building blocks, such as input device support, haptic feedback, graphics, collision detection and physics simulation.

This package contains the Doxygen documentation files.

There are three methods to install opensurgsim-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install opensurgsim-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opensurgsim-doc

Install opensurgsim-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opensurgsim-doc

Install opensurgsim-doc 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 opensurgsim-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensurgsim-doc

How To Uninstall opensurgsim-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the opensurgsim-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opensurgsim-doc

Uninstall opensurgsim-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opensurgsim-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensurgsim-doc

Remove opensurgsim-doc Configurations and Data

To remove opensurgsim-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opensurgsim-doc

Remove opensurgsim-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensurgsim-doc

Dependencies

opensurgsim-doc have the following dependencies:

• libjs-jquery
• libjs-mathjax

References

• opensurgsim-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensurgsim-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.