How To Install cloudcompare on Fedora 34

cloudcompare is 3D point cloud and mesh processing software

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cloudcompare on Fedora 34.

What is `cloudcompare`

CloudCompare is a 3D point cloud (and triangular mesh) processing software. It has been originally designed to perform comparison between two 3D points clouds (such as the ones obtained with a laser scanner) or between a point cloud and a triangular mesh. It relies on a specific octree structure that enables great performances in this particular function. It was also meant to deal with huge point clouds (typically more than 10 millions points, and up to 120 millions with 2 Gb of memory). Afterwards, it has been extended to a more generic point cloud processing software, including many advanced algorithms (registration, resampling, color/normal/scalar fields handling, statistics computation, sensor management, interactive or automatic segmentation, display enhancement…).

We can use yum or dnf to install cloudcompare on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cloudcompare.

Install cloudcompare on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cloudcompare using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cloudcompare

Install cloudcompare on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cloudcompare using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cloudcompare

How To Uninstall cloudcompare on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the cloudcompare package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cloudcompare

cloudcompare Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/CloudCompare
/usr/bin/ccViewer
/usr/bin/ccviewer
/usr/bin/cloudcompare
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/ee65a3f4827cc1013404949e2d191a742db7cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/d996430325eb5479ce6fd1f316c7e53f5812bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/2ff1f68dc371b7d9da59490de14780d2af5c1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/171f731073135c0d1d5e74dc15e44d3a9484c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/466523e58bc553bcb060e297fb4a050e921d84
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/80b0a5100b90076d636241fb38bfcaf3305ca1
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/5000304fe475551e0ec051aad811644b1d3af9
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/107f80589a840d9b4402572ed8e0b08704f42c
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/a84ca9f84bbf47d77e96a8bad38554b79433aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/a2fd6ec124166e75d0a8bf0b1d45dff3efaeea
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/455e6ede3d81577e580242f8351621ea2fc7a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/e78ce69954e6ba1ff70bc21509f684b90581ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/c29ecb3b5417f9bc4c8432a4daa4d5eeb62d2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/f6842d97769e36b929d2dc2d7607d6c8081fdd
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/022763aef8d978d4287f50cdd23a06e7ee0426
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/161aeb656ff9f890219a7d608d50f136c7e9aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/5027b8a98f98c08f28765a04f56e71da984e97
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/2d6d0b40080112fcff7ff1a25f66878f7694dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/4768333ec7a3a1be6e78b6ed2ba0f6f9ea9326
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/38b41c6e84b0df02c214c24b70172bf215b1f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/8d9a408e6d42d35b0bd14f5c0a0cabdb5f4fc7
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/e533f4b3536fb26d336f6d58f229f82d67cc06
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/libCC_CORE_LIB.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/libQCC_DB_LIB.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/libQCC_IO_LIB.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQANIMATION_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQBLUR_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQBROOM_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQCSF_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQEDL_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQFACETS_PLUGIN_DLL.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQHOUGH_NORMALS_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQHPR_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQM3C2_PLUGIN_DLL.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQPCL_IO_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQPCL_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQPCV_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQPHOTOSCAN_IO_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQPOISSON_RECON_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQRANSAC_SD_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQSRA_PLUGIN.so
/usr/lib64/cloudcompare/plugins/libQSSAO_PLUGIN.so
/usr/share/applications/ccviewer.desktop
/usr/share/applications/cloudcompare.desktop
/usr/share/cloudcompare
/usr/share/cloudcompare/global_shift_list_template.txt
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/Bilateral
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/Bilateral/bilateral.frag
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/Bilateral/bilateral.vert
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/ColorRamp
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/ColorRamp/color_ramp.frag
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/EDL
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/EDL/edl_mix.frag
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/EDL/edl_mix.vert
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/EDL/edl_shade.frag
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/EDL/edl_shade.vert
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/SSAO
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/SSAO/ssao.frag
/usr/share/cloudcompare/shaders/SSAO/ssao.vert
/usr/share/doc/cloudcompare
/usr/share/doc/cloudcompare/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/cloudcompare/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/cloudcompare/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/ccviewer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/cloudcompare.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/ccviewer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/cloudcompare.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/ccviewer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/cloudcompare.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/ccviewer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/cloudcompare.png
/usr/share/licenses/cloudcompare
/usr/share/licenses/cloudcompare/license.txt
/usr/share/licenses/cloudcompare/license_headers.txt

References

cloudcompare website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cloudcompare on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.