How To Install liboctovis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctovis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liboctovis-dev
liboctovis-dev is:
Visualization library for the OctoMap library based on Qt and libQGLViewer. This library encapsulates the functions to view a Octomap octrees. This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install liboctovis-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 liboctovis-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 liboctovis-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liboctovis-dev
Install liboctovis-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liboctovis-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liboctovis-dev
Install liboctovis-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 liboctovis-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liboctovis-dev
How To Uninstall liboctovis-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liboctovis-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liboctovis-dev
Uninstall liboctovis-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liboctovis-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboctovis-dev
Remove liboctovis-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liboctovis-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liboctovis-dev
Remove liboctovis-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liboctovis-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboctovis-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctovis-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
