How To Install pcl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcl on Rocky Linux 8. pcl is Library for point cloud processing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pcl`

The Point Cloud Library (or PCL) is a large scale, open project for point cloud processing. The PCL framework contains numerous state-of-the art algorithms including filtering, feature estimation, surface reconstruction, registration, model fitting and segmentation.

We can use yum or dnf to install pcl on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcl.

Install pcl on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcl

Install pcl on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcl

How To Uninstall pcl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pcl

pcl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/fd96c08705e692955ffaca789aaf7f0aada8e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/593b8adc9686f14a9c781793ae41aebf45e4fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/0ee398618753b2e9079a7d83479bca68047ab6
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/15c60b9e0e78ffc6fdd50f544a9be33dfd737d
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/068f32438b4f1e9cc4a63959066935b08791a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/3a3dcdb08f6ebed3687d5a837abfd113892fca
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/b90d497b71590997b1795ca0bb6382db7b03e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/a095f0174a6d6e6265a9d79f6d5685a443c0c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/1a91874b56f38321ce0f76c8cbea2df6937680
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/af648524ecc069ad1a88de9ffaf2a09bf680fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/0894923f2424bb135577c3b6b5df629ecb8a68
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/2d04251dc05aa0626bd715eb0ea930193cf4b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/3cec5ff71a068a1dbcbdfabee28b7d86bffa92
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/3f11a62c08e6f3811bbdb501106bb32c6433b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/82828f71a65c37ff662461fe634258a2f598a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/0c820321a03f35b52bbed8b561ef30c280a03a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/54135a7df23982444361f2a0078f58137acc89
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/d8912ae68e4ed65fdb68beaf084688d32c7b24
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/318e1c9596ff70e864f284769dc6de6666ae6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/f19d875a23959ec4454ab56891b1668ab462eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/4827bdac327182fd9e507a73a1e99a1a082444
/usr/lib64/libpcl_apps.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_apps.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_common.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_common.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_features.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_features.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_filters.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_filters.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_io.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_io.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_io_ply.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_io_ply.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_kdtree.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_kdtree.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_keypoints.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_keypoints.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_ml.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_ml.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_octree.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_octree.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_outofcore.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_outofcore.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_people.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_people.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_recognition.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_recognition.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_registration.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_registration.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_sample_consensus.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_sample_consensus.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_search.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_search.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_segmentation.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_segmentation.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_stereo.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_stereo.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_surface.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_surface.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_tracking.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_tracking.so.1.11.1
/usr/lib64/libpcl_visualization.so.1.11
/usr/lib64/libpcl_visualization.so.1.11.1
/usr/share/doc/pcl
/usr/share/doc/pcl/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/licenses/pcl
/usr/share/licenses/pcl/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/pcl-1.11

References

pcl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.