How To Install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenscenegraph-3.4-131
libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 is:
A portable, high level graphics toolkit for the development of high performance graphics applications such as flight simulators, games, virtual reality or scientific visualization. Providing an object orientated framework on top of OpenGL, it frees the developer from implementing and optimizing low level graphics calls, and provide many additional utilities for rapid development of graphics applications.
This package contains the shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131
Install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131
Install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 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 libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131
How To Uninstall libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenscenegraph-3.4-131
Uninstall libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenscenegraph-3.4-131
Remove libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 Configurations and Data
To remove libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenscenegraph-3.4-131
Remove libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenscenegraph-3.4-131
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenscenegraph-3.4-131 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
