How To Install openscenegraph on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install openscenegraph on Ubuntu 20.04. openscenegraph is 3D scene graph, utilities and examples (binaries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openscenegraph on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is openscenegraph

openscenegraph is:

A portable, high level graphics toolkit for the development of high performance graphics applications such as flight simulators, games, virtual reality or scientific visualization. Providing an object orientated framework on top of OpenGL, it frees the developer from implementing and optimizing low level graphics calls, and provide many additional utilities for rapid development of graphics applications.

This package contains utilities and examples (binaries).

There are three methods to install openscenegraph 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 openscenegraph Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install openscenegraph

Install openscenegraph Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openscenegraph using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openscenegraph

Install openscenegraph 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 openscenegraph using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openscenegraph

How To Uninstall openscenegraph on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the openscenegraph package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openscenegraph

Uninstall openscenegraph And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openscenegraph and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openscenegraph

Remove openscenegraph Configurations and Data

To remove openscenegraph configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openscenegraph

Remove openscenegraph configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openscenegraph

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openscenegraph package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.