How To Install libmercator-0.3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmercator-0.3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmercator-0.3-dev
libmercator-0.3-dev is:
Mercator is primarily aimed at terrain for multiplayer online games and forms one of the WorldForge core libraries. It is intended to be used as a terrain library on the client, while a subset of features are useful on the server.
Mercator is designed in such a way that individual tiles can be generated on-the-fly from a very small source data set. Each tile uses a fast deterministic random number generation to ensure that identical results are produced “anytime, anywhere”. This enables transmission of terrain across low bandwidth links as part of the standard data stream, or server side collision detection with the same terrain that the player sees.
The use of tiles means that there is inherently a large degree of gross control of the shape of the terrain. Finer control is implemented by allowing geometric modifications - for example, a polygonal area might be flattened, or a crater could be applied.
This package contains the files for developing with the mercator library.
There are three methods to install libmercator-0.3-dev 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 libmercator-0.3-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 libmercator-0.3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmercator-0.3-dev
Install libmercator-0.3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmercator-0.3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmercator-0.3-dev
Install libmercator-0.3-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmercator-0.3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmercator-0.3-dev
How To Uninstall libmercator-0.3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmercator-0.3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmercator-0.3-dev
Uninstall libmercator-0.3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmercator-0.3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmercator-0.3-dev
Remove libmercator-0.3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmercator-0.3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmercator-0.3-dev
Remove libmercator-0.3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmercator-0.3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmercator-0.3-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmercator-0.3-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
