How To Install evolver-ogl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install evolver-ogl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is evolver-ogl
evolver-ogl is:
The Surface Evolver is an interactive program for the modelling of liquid surfaces shaped by various forces and constraints.
This package provides evolver variants built with different floating point formats (double, long double, quadruple) and with an OpenGL/GLUT display.
There are three methods to install evolver-ogl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install evolver-ogl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install evolver-ogl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install evolver-ogl
Install evolver-ogl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install evolver-ogl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install evolver-ogl
Install evolver-ogl 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install evolver-ogl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install evolver-ogl
How To Uninstall evolver-ogl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the evolver-ogl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove evolver-ogl
Uninstall evolver-ogl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall evolver-ogl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove evolver-ogl
Remove evolver-ogl Configurations and Data
To remove evolver-ogl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge evolver-ogl
Remove evolver-ogl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove evolver-ogl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evolver-ogl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install evolver-ogl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
