How To Install meshlab on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install meshlab on Ubuntu 22.04. meshlab is System for processing and editing triangular meshes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install meshlab on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is meshlab

meshlab is:

This is an open source, portable, and extendible system for the processing and editing of unstructured 3D triangular meshes. The system is aimed to help the processing of the typical not-so-small unstructured models arising in 3D scanning, providing a set of tools for editing, cleaning, healing, inspecting, rendering and converting this kind of meshes.

Meshlab can read files in these formats: PLY, STL, OFF, OBJ, 3DS, COLLADA and PTX. It can write PLY, STL, OFF, OBJ, 3DS, COLLADA, VRML, and DXF.

There are three methods to install meshlab on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install meshlab Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install meshlab

Install meshlab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install meshlab

Install meshlab 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 meshlab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install meshlab

How To Uninstall meshlab on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove meshlab

Uninstall meshlab And Its Dependencies

To uninstall meshlab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove meshlab

Remove meshlab Configurations and Data

To remove meshlab configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge meshlab

Remove meshlab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge meshlab

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install meshlab package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.