How To Install libpdal-plugins on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdal-plugins on Debian 9. libpdal-plugins is Point Data Abstraction Library - plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdal-plugins on Debian 9.

What is libpdal-plugins

libpdal-plugins 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 metapackage depends on the individual PDAL plugin packages.

There are three methods to install libpdal-plugins 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-plugins 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-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpdal-plugins

Install libpdal-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpdal-plugins

Install libpdal-plugins 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-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpdal-plugins

How To Uninstall libpdal-plugins on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpdal-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpdal-plugins

Uninstall libpdal-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdal-plugins

Remove libpdal-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove libpdal-plugins configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpdal-plugins

Remove libpdal-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpdal-plugins

Dependencies

libpdal-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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