How To Install libsfcgal1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsfcgal1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsfcgal1
libsfcgal1 is:
SFCGAL is a C++ wrapper library around CGAL with the aim of supporting ISO 19107:2013 and OGC Simple Features Access 1.2 for 3D operations.
SFCGAL provides standard compliant geometry types and operations, that can be accessed from its C or C++ APIs. PostGIS uses the C API, to expose some SFCGAL’s functions in spatial databases (cf. PostGIS manual).
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install libsfcgal1 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 libsfcgal1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsfcgal1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsfcgal1
Install libsfcgal1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsfcgal1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsfcgal1
Install libsfcgal1 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 libsfcgal1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsfcgal1
How To Uninstall libsfcgal1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsfcgal1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsfcgal1
Uninstall libsfcgal1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsfcgal1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsfcgal1
Remove libsfcgal1 Configurations and Data
To remove libsfcgal1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsfcgal1
Remove libsfcgal1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsfcgal1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsfcgal1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsfcgal1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.