How To Install sailcut on Debian 12

Learn how to install sailcut on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sailcut is Sail design and plotting software

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sailcut on Debian 12.

What is sailcut

sailcut is:

Sailcut CAD is a sail design and plotting software which allows you to design and visualise your own sails and compute the accurate development of all panels in flat sheets. You can export the sails you create to DXF, plaintext or Carlson plotter files.

Sailcut CAD’s user interface is available in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Danish and Russian.

There are three methods to install sailcut 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 sailcut Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sailcut

Install sailcut Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sailcut using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sailcut

Install sailcut 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 sailcut using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sailcut

How To Uninstall sailcut on Debian 12

To uninstall only the sailcut package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sailcut

Uninstall sailcut And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sailcut and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sailcut

Remove sailcut Configurations and Data

To remove sailcut configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sailcut

Remove sailcut configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sailcut

Dependencies

sailcut have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sailcut package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.