How To Install libosgearth-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearth-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libosgearth-dev
libosgearth-dev is:
osgEarth is a scalable terrain rendering toolkit for OpenSceneGraph (OSG), an open source, high performance, 3D graphics toolkit. Just create a simple XML file, point it at your imagery, elevation, and vector data, load it into your favorite OSG application, and go! osgEarth supports all kinds of data and comes with lots of examples to help you get up and running quickly and easily.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libosgearth-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 libosgearth-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 libosgearth-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosgearth-dev
Install libosgearth-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosgearth-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosgearth-dev
Install libosgearth-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 libosgearth-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosgearth-dev
How To Uninstall libosgearth-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libosgearth-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosgearth-dev
Uninstall libosgearth-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosgearth-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosgearth-dev
Remove libosgearth-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libosgearth-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosgearth-dev
Remove libosgearth-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosgearth-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosgearth-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearth-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
