How To Install sofa-data on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sofa-data on Debian 10.
What is sofa-data
sofa-data is:
SOFA is an Open Source framework primarily targeted at real-time simulation, with an emphasis on medical simulation. It is mostly intended for the research community to help develop newer algorithms, but can also be used as an efficient prototyping tool.
This package contains data for the SOFA applications.
There are three methods to install sofa-data 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 sofa-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sofa-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sofa-data
Install sofa-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sofa-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sofa-data
Install sofa-data 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 sofa-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sofa-data
How To Uninstall sofa-data on Debian 10
To uninstall only the sofa-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sofa-data
Uninstall sofa-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sofa-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sofa-data
Remove sofa-data Configurations and Data
To remove sofa-data configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sofa-data
Remove sofa-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sofa-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sofa-data
Dependencies
sofa-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sofa-data package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.