How To Install openuniverse on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openuniverse
on Debian 11.
What is openuniverse
openuniverse is:
OpenUniverse (OU for short) is a fun, fast and free OpenGL space simulator. It currently focuses on the Solar System and lets you visit all of its planets, most major moons and a vast collection of smaller bodies in colorful, glorious and realtime 3D. If you’ve ever had a chance to visit Mercury or asteroid Geographos, here you’ll find them looking exactly the same way, following exactly the same path as when you’ve left them.
Notice that OpenUniverse is not actively being maintained anymore and that users are recommended to use Celestia instead.
There are three methods to install openuniverse
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 openuniverse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openuniverse
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openuniverse
Install openuniverse Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openuniverse
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openuniverse
Install openuniverse 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 openuniverse
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openuniverse
How To Uninstall openuniverse on Debian 11
To uninstall only the openuniverse
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openuniverse
Uninstall openuniverse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openuniverse
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openuniverse
Remove openuniverse Configurations and Data
To remove openuniverse
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openuniverse
Remove openuniverse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openuniverse
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openuniverse
Dependencies
openuniverse have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openuniverse
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.