How To Install liblaszip-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblaszip-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. liblaszip-dev is Lossless LiDAR compression - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblaszip-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is liblaszip-dev

liblaszip-dev is:

LASzip quickly turns bulky LAS files into compact LAZ files without information loss.

This package contains development files.

There are three methods to install liblaszip-dev 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 liblaszip-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblaszip-dev

Install liblaszip-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblaszip-dev

Install liblaszip-dev 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 liblaszip-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblaszip-dev

How To Uninstall liblaszip-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the liblaszip-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblaszip-dev

Uninstall liblaszip-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblaszip-dev

Remove liblaszip-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblaszip-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblaszip-dev

Remove liblaszip-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblaszip-dev

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Summary

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