How To Install libpdal-base4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdal-base4
on Debian 9.
What is libpdal-base4
libpdal-base4 is:
PDAL is a BSD licensed library for translating and manipulating point cloud data of various formats. PDAL can be used to read, write and translate point cloud data in many formats. Support is included for input files of LAS, LAZ, SBET, BPF, QFIT and others. PDAL can also read from and write to databases that support point cloud storage, including Oracle, Postgres and SQLite.
PDAL should not be confused with PCL (Point Cloud Library). PCL is a library specifically designed to provide algorithmic analysis and modification of point clouds. PDAL provides a limited interface to the facilities of PCL, but does not in general attempt to duplicate its capabilities.
This package contains the libpdal_base shared library.
There are three methods to install libpdal-base4
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 libpdal-base4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdal-base4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpdal-base4
Install libpdal-base4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdal-base4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpdal-base4
Install libpdal-base4 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 libpdal-base4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpdal-base4
How To Uninstall libpdal-base4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpdal-base4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpdal-base4
Uninstall libpdal-base4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpdal-base4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdal-base4
Remove libpdal-base4 Configurations and Data
To remove libpdal-base4
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpdal-base4
Remove libpdal-base4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpdal-base4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpdal-base4
Dependencies
libpdal-base4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdal-base4
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.