How To Install libbullet3.06 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbullet3.06 on Ubuntu 22.04. libbullet3.06 is professional 3D Game Multiphysics Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbullet3.06 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libbullet3.06

libbullet3.06 is:

Bullet professional 3D Game Multiphysics Library provides state of the art collision detection, soft body and rigid body dynamics.

This package contains shared runtime libraries including BulletCollision, BulletDynamics, BulletSoftbody, LinearMath and all Bullet 3 libraries.

For more information about Bullet, please refer to the libbullet-dev package.

There are three methods to install libbullet3.06 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 libbullet3.06 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbullet3.06 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbullet3.06

Install libbullet3.06 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbullet3.06 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbullet3.06

Install libbullet3.06 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 libbullet3.06 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbullet3.06

How To Uninstall libbullet3.06 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libbullet3.06 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbullet3.06

Uninstall libbullet3.06 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbullet3.06 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbullet3.06

Remove libbullet3.06 Configurations and Data

To remove libbullet3.06 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbullet3.06

Remove libbullet3.06 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbullet3.06 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbullet3.06

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbullet3.06 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.