How To Install flam3-animate on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install flam3

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is flam3-animate and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install flam3-animate on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install flam3-animate using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install flam3-animate using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install flam3

Install flam3-animate using apt

Because flam3-animate is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install flam3-animate using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install flam3

Install flam3-animate 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install flam3-animate by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flam3

How to upgrade (update) a single package flam3-animate using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the flam3-animate, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install flam3

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install flam3

How To Uninstall flam3-animate from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the flam3-animate package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove flam3

Uninstall flam3-animate and all its dependencies

To uninstall flam3-animate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flam3

Remove flam3-animate with all configurations and data

To remove flam3-animate configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge flam3

Remove flam3-animate completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to flam3-animate package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flam3

Extra info and code examples

According to the upstream website: Fractal Flames are algorithmically generated images and animations. The software was originally written in 1992 and released as open source, aka free software. Since then it has developed a lot. It has been incorporated into many graphics programs and ported to most operating systems. The shape of each image is specified by a long string of numbers - a genetic code of sorts. You can create your own flames with the Apophysis interactive designer (for windows), Qosmic (for Linux), or Oxidizer (for Mac OS X), or Apophysis-J (cross-platform in Java). Or you can use the Electric Sheep distributed screen saver to join the collective evolution of animated fractal flames.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install flam3-animate using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the flam3-animate from Ubuntu 22.04.

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