How To Install libopenscenegraph100v5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenscenegraph100v5 on Ubuntu 18.04. libopenscenegraph100v5 is 3D scene graph, shared libs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenscenegraph100v5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libopenscenegraph100v5

libopenscenegraph100v5 is:

A portable, high level graphics toolkit for the development of high performance graphics applications such as flight simulators, games, virtual reality or scientific visualization. Providing an object orientated framework on top of OpenGL, it frees the developer from implementing and optimizing low level graphics calls, and provide many additional utilities for rapid development of graphics applications.

This package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libopenscenegraph100v5 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 libopenscenegraph100v5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenscenegraph100v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenscenegraph100v5

Install libopenscenegraph100v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenscenegraph100v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenscenegraph100v5

Install libopenscenegraph100v5 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 libopenscenegraph100v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenscenegraph100v5

How To Uninstall libopenscenegraph100v5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libopenscenegraph100v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenscenegraph100v5

Uninstall libopenscenegraph100v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenscenegraph100v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenscenegraph100v5

Remove libopenscenegraph100v5 Configurations and Data

To remove libopenscenegraph100v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenscenegraph100v5

Remove libopenscenegraph100v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenscenegraph100v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenscenegraph100v5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenscenegraph100v5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.