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