How To Install libossim1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libossim1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libossim1
libossim1 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 OSSIM shared library.
There are three methods to install libossim1 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 libossim1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libossim1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libossim1
Install libossim1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libossim1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libossim1
Install libossim1 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 libossim1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libossim1
How To Uninstall libossim1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libossim1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libossim1
Uninstall libossim1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libossim1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libossim1
Remove libossim1 Configurations and Data
To remove libossim1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libossim1
Remove libossim1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libossim1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libossim1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libossim1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
