How To Install libnanoflann-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnanoflann-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libnanoflann-dev
libnanoflann-dev is:
Nanoflann is a fork of the FLANN library. Originally born as a child project of the Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit, nanoflann is now available as stand-alone library.
It trades some of the flexibility of FLANN for raw execution speed and is much more memory efficient, as it avoids unnecessary copies of point cloud data.
There are three methods to install libnanoflann-dev 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 libnanoflann-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 libnanoflann-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnanoflann-dev
Install libnanoflann-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnanoflann-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnanoflann-dev
Install libnanoflann-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 libnanoflann-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnanoflann-dev
How To Uninstall libnanoflann-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libnanoflann-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnanoflann-dev
Uninstall libnanoflann-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnanoflann-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnanoflann-dev
Remove libnanoflann-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnanoflann-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnanoflann-dev
Remove libnanoflann-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnanoflann-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnanoflann-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnanoflann-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
