How To Install libcitygml-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcitygml-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcitygml-dev is Static and header files of libcitygml

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcitygml-dev on Debian 10.

What is libcitygml-dev

libcitygml-dev is:

libcitygml is a small and easy to use open source C++ library for parsing CityGML files in such a way that data can be easily exploited by 3D rendering applications (geometry data are tesselated and optimized for rendering during parsing). For instance, it can be used to develop readers of CityGML files in many 3D based applications (OpenGL, OpenSceneGraph, …) Most metadata are not lost, they are available through a per-node hashmap.

CityGML (City Geography Markup Language) is an XML-based schema for the modelling and exchange of georeferenced 3D city and landscape models that is quickly being adopted on an international level.

This package contains develop files: static and header files of libcitygml.

There are three methods to install libcitygml-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcitygml-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcitygml-dev

Install libcitygml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcitygml-dev

Install libcitygml-dev 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 libcitygml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcitygml-dev

How To Uninstall libcitygml-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcitygml-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcitygml-dev

Uninstall libcitygml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcitygml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcitygml-dev

Remove libcitygml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcitygml-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcitygml-dev

Remove libcitygml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcitygml-dev

Dependencies

libcitygml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcitygml-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.