How To Install liblas-bin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblas-bin on Debian 9. liblas-bin is ASPRS LiDAR data translation toolset

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblas-bin on Debian 9.

What is liblas-bin

liblas-bin is:

libLAS is a C/C++ library for reading and writing ASPRS LAS versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 data. The LAS format is a sequential binary format used to store data from sensors and as intermediate processing storage by some LiDAR-related applications. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology that measures properties of scattered light to find range and/or other information of a distant target. The prevalent method to determine distance to an object or surface is to use laser pulses.

This package contains the essential toolset to manage LiDAR data: lasinfo, lasmerge, las2las, las2txt, txt2las, las2ogr.

There are three methods to install liblas-bin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblas-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblas-bin

Install liblas-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblas-bin

Install liblas-bin 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install liblas-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblas-bin

How To Uninstall liblas-bin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the liblas-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblas-bin

Uninstall liblas-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblas-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblas-bin

Remove liblas-bin Configurations and Data

To remove liblas-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblas-bin

Remove liblas-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblas-bin

Dependencies

liblas-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblas-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.