How To Install pcl-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install pcl-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pcl-tools is Point Cloud Library - point cloud processing tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcl-tools on Debian 12.

What is `pcl-tools`

pcl-tools is:

The Point Cloud Library (PCL) is a standalone, large scale, open project for 2D/3D image and point cloud processing.

The PCL framework contains numerous state-of-the art algorithms including filtering, feature estimation, surface reconstruction, registration, model fitting and segmentation.

This package gathers tools bundled with PCL to process point clouds.

There are three methods to install pcl-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pcl-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pcl-tools

Install pcl-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pcl-tools

Install pcl-tools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install pcl-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pcl-tools

How To Uninstall pcl-tools on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove pcl-tools

Uninstall pcl-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pcl-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcl-tools

Remove pcl-tools Configurations and Data

To remove pcl-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pcl-tools

Remove pcl-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcl-tools

Dependencies

pcl-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcl-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.