How To Install libsaga-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaga-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsaga-dev
libsaga-dev is:
SAGA GIS (System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses) is a geographic information system used for editing and analysing spatial data.
This package contains the header files for developing with SAGA. Install this package if you wish to develop software that uses the SAGA API.
There are three methods to install libsaga-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 libsaga-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 libsaga-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsaga-dev
Install libsaga-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsaga-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsaga-dev
Install libsaga-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 libsaga-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsaga-dev
How To Uninstall libsaga-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsaga-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsaga-dev
Uninstall libsaga-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsaga-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsaga-dev
Remove libsaga-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsaga-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsaga-dev
Remove libsaga-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsaga-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsaga-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaga-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
