How To Install libfield3d-dev on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfield3d-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libfield3d-dev
libfield3d-dev is:
Field3D is an open source library for storing voxel data.
It provides C++ classes that handle in-memory storage and a file format based on HDF5 that allows the C++ objects to be written to and read from disk.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libfield3d-dev on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfield3d-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfield3d-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfield3d-dev
Install libfield3d-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfield3d-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfield3d-dev
Install libfield3d-dev 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 libfield3d-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfield3d-dev
How To Uninstall libfield3d-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libfield3d-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfield3d-dev
Uninstall libfield3d-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfield3d-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfield3d-dev
Remove libfield3d-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfield3d-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfield3d-dev
Remove libfield3d-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfield3d-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfield3d-dev
Dependencies
libfield3d-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfield3d-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.