How To Install libsaga-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaga-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.