How To Install openscenegraph-3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install openscenegraph-3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04. openscenegraph-3.4 is 3D scene graph, utilities and examples (binaries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openscenegraph-3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is openscenegraph-3.4

openscenegraph-3.4 is:

A portable, high level graphics toolkit for the development of high performance graphics applications such as flight simulators, games, virtual reality or scientific visualization. Providing an object orientated framework on top of OpenGL, it frees the developer from implementing and optimizing low level graphics calls, and provide many additional utilities for rapid development of graphics applications.

This package contains utilities and examples (binaries).

There are three methods to install openscenegraph-3.4 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 openscenegraph-3.4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install openscenegraph-3.4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openscenegraph-3.4

Install openscenegraph-3.4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openscenegraph-3.4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openscenegraph-3.4

Install openscenegraph-3.4 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 openscenegraph-3.4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openscenegraph-3.4

How To Uninstall openscenegraph-3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the openscenegraph-3.4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openscenegraph-3.4

Uninstall openscenegraph-3.4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openscenegraph-3.4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openscenegraph-3.4

Remove openscenegraph-3.4 Configurations and Data

To remove openscenegraph-3.4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openscenegraph-3.4

Remove openscenegraph-3.4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove openscenegraph-3.4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openscenegraph-3.4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openscenegraph-3.4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.