How to install Meshlab 1.3.2 on Linux mint 18.3

To install Meshlab &ndash 1.3.2 on Linux mint &ndash 18.3

Mesh lab is a cross-platform and advanced 3D mesh processing software that is oriented to the management and processing of unstructured large meshes and provides a set of tools for editing, cleaning, healing, inspecting, rendering and conveting these kinds of meshes. Its is a free and open source software and it s based on GNU General Public License. It is really so simple to install Meshlab and this tutorial covers the method to install Meshlab on Linux Mint 18.3.

Installing Meshlab

First, make sure you update the system repository by making use of the following command.

linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
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Get:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [11.5 kB]                      
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Get:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial/partner amd64 Packages [3,132 B]  
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Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7,080 B]                                                                  
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 Packages [7,064 B]                                                                   
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe Translation-en [3,812 B]                                                                  
Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe Translation-en [121 kB]                                                                   
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Reading package lists... Done

Once it is done, you shall proceed with the installation of Meshlab. You shall trigger the installation process by executing the following command.

linuxhelp user # apt-get install meshlab
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  lib3ds-1-3 libmuparser2v5 libopenctm1 libqhull7
Recommended packages:
  chemical-mime-data
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  lib3ds-1-3 libmuparser2v5 libopenctm1 libqhull7 meshlab
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 280 not upgraded.
Need to get 5,012 kB of archives.
After this operation, 22.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Selecting previously unselected package meshlab.
Preparing to unpack .../meshlab_1.3.2+dfsg1-2build4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking meshlab (1.3.2+dfsg1-2build4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up lib3ds-1-3:amd64 (1.3.0-8) ...
Setting up libmuparser2v5:amd64 (2.2.3-6) ...
Setting up libqhull7:amd64 (2015.2-1) ...
Setting up libopenctm1:amd64 (1.0.3+dfsg1-1.1build2) ...
Setting up meshlab (1.3.2+dfsg1-2build4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

Now that Meshlab has been installed, you shall launch it from your Linux Mint search field by typing its name.

Click the application icon that appears.

The Meshlab application is now open.

You can see the version of your application by choosing the About option.

With this, the tutorial on the installation of Meshlab comes to an end.