How To Install libsaga on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaga on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsaga
libsaga is:
SAGA GIS (System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses) is a geographic information system used for editing and analysing spatial data.
This package is a transitional package from libsaga to libsaga-api-2.3.1 and libsaga-gdi-2.3.1. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install libsaga 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 libsaga Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsaga using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsaga
Install libsaga Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsaga using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsaga
Install libsaga 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 libsaga using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsaga
How To Uninstall libsaga on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsaga package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsaga
Uninstall libsaga And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsaga and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsaga
Remove libsaga Configurations and Data
To remove libsaga configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsaga
Remove libsaga configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsaga configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsaga
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaga package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
