How To Install aa3d on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install aa3d on Ubuntu 20.04. aa3d is ASCII art stereogram generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aa3d on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is aa3d

aa3d is:

This program generates the well-known and popular random dot stereograms
in ASCII art.

Features:

  • High quality ASCII art stereogram rendering
  • Highly configurable
  • User friendly command line interface (including full online help)

There are three methods to install aa3d on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aa3d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install aa3d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aa3d

Install aa3d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aa3d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aa3d

Install aa3d 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 aa3d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aa3d

How To Uninstall aa3d on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the aa3d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aa3d

Uninstall aa3d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aa3d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aa3d

Remove aa3d Configurations and Data

To remove aa3d configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aa3d

Remove aa3d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aa3d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aa3d

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aa3d package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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