How To Install simbody-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install simbody-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. simbody-doc is SimTK multibody dynamics API - Documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install simbody-doc on Debian 10.

What is simbody-doc

simbody-doc is:

Simbody is a SimTK toolset providing general multibody dynamics capability, that is, the ability to solve Newton’s 2nd law F=ma in any set of generalized coordinates subject to arbitrary constraints. Simbody is provided as an open source, object-oriented C++ API and delivers high-performance, accuracy-controlled science/engineering-quality results.

This package contains documentation (user guides, theory manual, API/Doxygen).

There are three methods to install simbody-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install simbody-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 simbody-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install simbody-doc

Install simbody-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install simbody-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install simbody-doc

How To Uninstall simbody-doc on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove simbody-doc

Uninstall simbody-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall simbody-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove simbody-doc

Remove simbody-doc Configurations and Data

To remove simbody-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge simbody-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

simbody-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install simbody-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.