How To Install libossim-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libossim-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libossim-dev
libossim-dev is:
Open Source Software Image Map (OSSIM) is a high performance engine for remote sensing, image processing, geographical information systems and photogrammetry. It has been actively developed since 1996.
Designed as a series of high performance software libraries, it is written in C++ employing the latest techniques in object-oriented software design.
The library provides advanced remote sensing, image processing, and geo-spatial functionality. A quick summary of OSSIM functionality includes ortho-rectification, precision terrain correction, rigorous sensor models, very large mosaics, and cross sensor fusions, a wide range of map projections and datums, and a large range of commercial and government data formats. The architecture of the library supports parallel processing with mpi (not enabled), a dynamic plugin architecture, and dynamically connectable objects allowing rapid prototyping of custom image processing chains.
This package includes the development files to build programs that use the OSSIM library.
There are three methods to install libossim-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 libossim-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 libossim-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libossim-dev
Install libossim-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libossim-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libossim-dev
Install libossim-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 libossim-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libossim-dev
How To Uninstall libossim-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libossim-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libossim-dev
Uninstall libossim-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libossim-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libossim-dev
Remove libossim-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libossim-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libossim-dev
Remove libossim-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libossim-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libossim-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libossim-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
