How To Install udav on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install udav on Debian 11. udav is library for scientific graphs (window interface)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install udav on Debian 11.

What is udav

udav is:

A free cross-platform library of fast C++ routines for plotting data in up to 3 dimensions. It can export plots to bitmaps and vector EPS, SVG, IDTF files. There are simple window interfaces based on GLUT, FLTK and/or Qt. MathGL can also be used in the console. There are interfaces to a set of languages, such as, C, Fortran, Pascal, Forth, Python, Octave.

This package contains the udav window environment based on mathgl.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install udav

Install udav Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install udav

Install udav 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 udav using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install udav

How To Uninstall udav on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove udav

Uninstall udav And Its Dependencies

To uninstall udav and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove udav

Remove udav Configurations and Data

To remove udav configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge udav

Remove udav configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udav

Dependencies

udav have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install udav package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.