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Quick installation of tetgen:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: tetgen
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install tetgen
Package Details | |
| Package: | tetgen |
| Version: | 1.4.2-3 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu MOTU Developers |
| Home page: | http://tetgen.berlios.de/ |
| Description: | A Quality Tetrahedral Mesh Generator TetGen generates the Delaunay tetrahedralization, Voronoi diagram, and convex hull for three-dimensional point sets, generates the constrained Delaunay tetrahedralizations and quality tetrahedral meshes for three-dimensional domains with piecewise linear boundary. Homepage: http://tetgen.berlios.de/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | multiverse/math |
How to install tetgen on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If tetgen is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L tetgen' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L tetgen Package `tetgen' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing tetgen:
After system update use the following command to install tetgen:
sudo apt-get install tetgen
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove tetgen from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the tetgen from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the tetgen following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove tetgen
Following command is used to remove the tetgen package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove tetgen
This will remove tetgen and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing tetgen with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge tetgen
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove tetgen
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with tetgen package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
