How To Install draco on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install draco on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is draco
draco is:
Draco is a library for compressing and decompressing 3D geometric meshes and point clouds. It is intended to improve the storage and transmission of 3D graphics.
Draco is designed and built for compression efficiency and speed. The code supports compressing points, connectivity information, texture coordinates, color information, normals, and any other generic attributes associated with geometry. With Draco, applications using 3D graphics can be significantly smaller without compromising visual fidelity. For users, this means apps can now be downloaded faster, 3D graphics in the browser can load quicker, and VR and AR scenes can now be transmitted with a fraction of the bandwidth and rendered quickly.
This package provides command line tools to compress and decompress files using Draco.
There are three methods to install draco on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install draco Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install draco using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install draco
Install draco Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install draco using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install draco
Install draco 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 draco using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install draco
How To Uninstall draco on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the draco package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove draco
Uninstall draco And Its Dependencies
To uninstall draco and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove draco
Remove draco Configurations and Data
To remove draco configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge draco
Remove draco configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove draco configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge draco
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install draco package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
