How To Install libode8 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 libode8 on Ubuntu.
What is libode8
libode8 is:
ODE is a free, industrial quality library for simulating articulated rigid body dynamics - for example ground vehicles, legged creatures, and moving objects in VR environments. It is fast, flexible, robust and platform independent, with advanced joints, contact with friction, and built-in collision detection.
This package provides the shared libraries built with double precision, default in 64 bits platforms. In 32 bits platforms default is single precision.
There are three methods to install libode8 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 libode8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libode8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libode8
Install libode8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libode8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libode8
Install libode8 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 libode8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libode8
How To Uninstall libode8 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libode8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libode8
Uninstall libode8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libode8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libode8
Remove libode8 Configurations and Data
To remove libode8 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libode8
Remove libode8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libode8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libode8
Dependencies
libode8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libode8 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.