How To Install liblaszip-api8 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblaszip-api8 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblaszip-api8
liblaszip-api8 is:
LASzip quickly turns bulky LAS files into compact LAZ files without information loss.
This package contains the API shared library.
There are three methods to install liblaszip-api8 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblaszip-api8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblaszip-api8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblaszip-api8
Install liblaszip-api8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblaszip-api8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblaszip-api8
Install liblaszip-api8 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 liblaszip-api8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblaszip-api8
How To Uninstall liblaszip-api8 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblaszip-api8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblaszip-api8
Uninstall liblaszip-api8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblaszip-api8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblaszip-api8
Remove liblaszip-api8 Configurations and Data
To remove liblaszip-api8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblaszip-api8
Remove liblaszip-api8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblaszip-api8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblaszip-api8
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblaszip-api8 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.