How To Install libpdal-plang4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdal-plang4
on Debian 9.
What is libpdal-plang4
libpdal-plang4 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_plang shared library.
There are three methods to install libpdal-plang4
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-plang4 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-plang4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpdal-plang4
Install libpdal-plang4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdal-plang4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpdal-plang4
Install libpdal-plang4 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-plang4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpdal-plang4
How To Uninstall libpdal-plang4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpdal-plang4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpdal-plang4
Uninstall libpdal-plang4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpdal-plang4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdal-plang4
Remove libpdal-plang4 Configurations and Data
To remove libpdal-plang4
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpdal-plang4
Remove libpdal-plang4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpdal-plang4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpdal-plang4
Dependencies
libpdal-plang4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdal-plang4
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.