How To Install liblas3 on Debian 10

Learn how to install liblas3 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. liblas3 is ASPRS LiDAR data translation library - C++ version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblas3 on Debian 10.

What is `liblas3`

liblas3 is:

libLAS is a C/C++ library for reading and writing ASPRS LAS versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 data. The LAS format is a sequential binary format used to store data from sensors and as intermediate processing storage by some LiDAR-related applications. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology that measures properties of scattered light to find range and/or other information of a distant target. The prevalent method to determine distance to an object or surface is to use laser pulses.

This package contains the C++ shared library used by applications.

There are three methods to install liblas3 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 liblas3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblas3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblas3

Install liblas3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblas3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblas3

Install liblas3 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 liblas3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblas3

How To Uninstall liblas3 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the liblas3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblas3

Uninstall liblas3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblas3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblas3

Remove liblas3 Configurations and Data

To remove liblas3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblas3

Remove liblas3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblas3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblas3

Dependencies

liblas3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblas3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.