How To Install libosgearth5 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearth5 on Debian 9. libosgearth5 is Dynamic 3D terrain rendering toolkit for OpenSceneGraph (shared lib)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearth5 on Debian 9.

What is libosgearth5

libosgearth5 is:

osgEarth is a scalable terrain rendering toolkit for OpenSceneGraph (OSG), an open source, high performance, 3D graphics toolkit. Just create a simple XML file, point it at your imagery, elevation, and vector data, load it into your favorite OSG application, and go! osgEarth supports all kinds of data and comes with lots of examples to help you get up and running quickly and easily.

This package contains the shared library libosgEarth.

There are three methods to install libosgearth5 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 libosgearth5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosgearth5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosgearth5

Install libosgearth5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosgearth5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosgearth5

Install libosgearth5 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 libosgearth5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosgearth5

How To Uninstall libosgearth5 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libosgearth5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosgearth5

Uninstall libosgearth5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosgearth5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosgearth5

Remove libosgearth5 Configurations and Data

To remove libosgearth5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosgearth5

Remove libosgearth5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosgearth5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosgearth5

Dependencies

libosgearth5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearth5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.