How To Install liboctovis1.8 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctovis1.8 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liboctovis1.8
liboctovis1.8 is:
Visualization library for the OctoMap library based on Qt and libQGLViewer. This library encapsulates the functions to view a Octomap octrees. It provides an API to visualizate the octree.
There are three methods to install liboctovis1.8 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 liboctovis1.8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liboctovis1.8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liboctovis1.8
Install liboctovis1.8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liboctovis1.8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liboctovis1.8
Install liboctovis1.8 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 liboctovis1.8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liboctovis1.8
How To Uninstall liboctovis1.8 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liboctovis1.8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liboctovis1.8
Uninstall liboctovis1.8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liboctovis1.8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboctovis1.8
Remove liboctovis1.8 Configurations and Data
To remove liboctovis1.8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liboctovis1.8
Remove liboctovis1.8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liboctovis1.8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboctovis1.8
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctovis1.8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
