How To Install assimp-testmodels on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install assimp-testmodels on Ubuntu 22.04. assimp-testmodels is assimp 3D model import library (testdata)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install assimp-testmodels on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is assimp-testmodels

assimp-testmodels is:

Assimp is a library to import various well-known 3D model formats (“assets”) in a uniform manner. Assimp aims at providing a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines / realtime rendering systems of any kind but is not limited to this audience.

This package contains 3D models in various formats for testing assimp.

There are three methods to install assimp-testmodels 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 assimp-testmodels Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install assimp-testmodels

Install assimp-testmodels Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install assimp-testmodels

Install assimp-testmodels 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 assimp-testmodels using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install assimp-testmodels

How To Uninstall assimp-testmodels on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the assimp-testmodels package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove assimp-testmodels

Uninstall assimp-testmodels And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove assimp-testmodels

Remove assimp-testmodels Configurations and Data

To remove assimp-testmodels configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge assimp-testmodels

Remove assimp-testmodels configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge assimp-testmodels

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Summary

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