How To Install libotb-apps on Debian 10

Learn how to install libotb-apps on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libotb-apps is Plugins for ORFEO Toolbox applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotb-apps on Debian 10.

What is libotb-apps

libotb-apps is:

ORFEO Toolbox (OTB) is distributed as an open source library of image processing algorithms. OTB is based on the medical image processing library ITK and offers particular functionalities for remote sensing image processing in general and for high spatial resolution images in particular.

This package contains the application plugins used by otb-bin(commandline) and otb-bin-qt(gui).

There are three methods to install libotb-apps on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libotb-apps Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libotb-apps

Install libotb-apps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libotb-apps

Install libotb-apps 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libotb-apps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libotb-apps

How To Uninstall libotb-apps on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libotb-apps package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libotb-apps

Uninstall libotb-apps And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libotb-apps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libotb-apps

Remove libotb-apps Configurations and Data

To remove libotb-apps configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libotb-apps

Remove libotb-apps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libotb-apps

Dependencies

libotb-apps have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotb-apps package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.