How To Install cura-engine on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cura-engine
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cura-engine
cura-engine is:
The CuraEngine is a C++ console application for 3D printing GCode generation. It has been made as a better and faster alternative to the old Skeinforge engine.
There are three methods to install cura-engine
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 cura-engine Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cura-engine
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cura-engine
Install cura-engine Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cura-engine
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cura-engine
Install cura-engine 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 cura-engine
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cura-engine
How To Uninstall cura-engine on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cura-engine
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cura-engine
Uninstall cura-engine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cura-engine
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cura-engine
Remove cura-engine Configurations and Data
To remove cura-engine
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cura-engine
Remove cura-engine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cura-engine
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cura-engine
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cura-engine
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.