How To Install python3-otb on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-otb on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-otb is ORFEO Toolbox Python API for applications (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-otb on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-otb

python3-otb is:

ORFEO Toolbox (OTB) is distributed as an open source library of image processing algorithms. OTB is based on the medical image processing library ITK and offers particular functionalities for remote sensing image processing in general and for high spatial resolution images in particular.

This package contains the Python 3 API that can be used to create Python versions of existing OTB applications provided by the libotb-apps package.

There are three methods to install python3-otb 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 python3-otb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-otb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-otb

Install python3-otb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-otb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-otb

Install python3-otb 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 python3-otb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-otb

How To Uninstall python3-otb on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-otb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-otb

Uninstall python3-otb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-otb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-otb

Remove python3-otb Configurations and Data

To remove python3-otb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-otb

Remove python3-otb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-otb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-otb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-otb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.