How To Install liblaszip8 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblaszip8 on Ubuntu 22.04. liblaszip8 is Lossless LiDAR compression - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblaszip8 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is liblaszip8

liblaszip8 is:

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

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install liblaszip8 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblaszip8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblaszip8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblaszip8

Install liblaszip8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblaszip8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblaszip8

Install liblaszip8 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 liblaszip8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblaszip8

How To Uninstall liblaszip8 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the liblaszip8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblaszip8

Uninstall liblaszip8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblaszip8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblaszip8

Remove liblaszip8 Configurations and Data

To remove liblaszip8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblaszip8

Remove liblaszip8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblaszip8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblaszip8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblaszip8 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.