How To Install libosgearthqt5-5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearthqt5-5 on Ubuntu 18.04. libosgearthqt5-5 is Dynamic 3D terrain rendering toolkit for OpenSceneGraph (osgEarthQt)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearthqt5-5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libosgearthqt5-5

libosgearthqt5-5 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 libosgEarthQt.

There are three methods to install libosgearthqt5-5 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 libosgearthqt5-5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosgearthqt5-5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosgearthqt5-5

Install libosgearthqt5-5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosgearthqt5-5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosgearthqt5-5

Install libosgearthqt5-5 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 libosgearthqt5-5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosgearthqt5-5

How To Uninstall libosgearthqt5-5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libosgearthqt5-5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosgearthqt5-5

Uninstall libosgearthqt5-5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosgearthqt5-5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosgearthqt5-5

Remove libosgearthqt5-5 Configurations and Data

To remove libosgearthqt5-5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosgearthqt5-5

Remove libosgearthqt5-5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosgearthqt5-5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosgearthqt5-5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearthqt5-5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.