How To Install triangle-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install triangle-bin on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is triangle-bin
triangle-bin is:
Triangle is a library/program for meshing 2-D surfaces and manifolds.
This package contains the binary programs triangle, tricall and showme.
There are three methods to install triangle-bin on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install triangle-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install triangle-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install triangle-bin
Install triangle-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install triangle-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install triangle-bin
Install triangle-bin 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 triangle-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install triangle-bin
How To Uninstall triangle-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the triangle-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove triangle-bin
Uninstall triangle-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall triangle-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove triangle-bin
Remove triangle-bin Configurations and Data
To remove triangle-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge triangle-bin
Remove triangle-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove triangle-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge triangle-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install triangle-bin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
