How To Install libosgearthsymbology5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearthsymbology5 on Ubuntu 18.04. libosgearthsymbology5 is Dynamic 3D terrain rendering toolkit for OpenSceneGraph (osgEarthSymbology)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearthsymbology5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libosgearthsymbology5

libosgearthsymbology5 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 shared library libosgEarthSymbology.

There are three methods to install libosgearthsymbology5 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 libosgearthsymbology5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosgearthsymbology5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosgearthsymbology5

Install libosgearthsymbology5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosgearthsymbology5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosgearthsymbology5

Install libosgearthsymbology5 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 libosgearthsymbology5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosgearthsymbology5

How To Uninstall libosgearthsymbology5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libosgearthsymbology5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosgearthsymbology5

Uninstall libosgearthsymbology5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosgearthsymbology5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosgearthsymbology5

Remove libosgearthsymbology5 Configurations and Data

To remove libosgearthsymbology5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosgearthsymbology5

Remove libosgearthsymbology5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosgearthsymbology5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosgearthsymbology5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosgearthsymbology5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.