How To Install bag_bbox on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install hydroffice.bag-tools

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is bag_bbox and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install bag_bbox on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install bag_bbox using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt -y install hydroffice.bag-tools

Install bag_bbox using apt

Because bag_bbox is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install bag_bbox using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hydroffice.bag-tools

Install bag_bbox 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install bag_bbox by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hydroffice.bag-tools

How to upgrade (update) a single package bag_bbox using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the bag_bbox, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install hydroffice.bag-tools

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install hydroffice.bag-tools

How To Uninstall bag_bbox from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the bag_bbox package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hydroffice.bag-tools

Uninstall bag_bbox and all its dependencies

To uninstall bag_bbox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hydroffice.bag-tools

Remove bag_bbox with all configurations and data

To remove bag_bbox configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hydroffice.bag-tools

Remove bag_bbox completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to bag_bbox package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hydroffice.bag-tools

Extra info and code examples

HydrOffice is a research development environment for ocean mapping. It provides a collection of hydro-packages, each of them dealing with a specific issue of the field. The main goal is to speed up both algorithms testing and research-2-operation. The BAG hydro-package collects tools for working with BAG files. BAG is a data format by the ONS-WG (Open Navigation Surface Working Group). This package provides the command-line tools.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install bag_bbox using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the bag_bbox from Ubuntu 22.04.

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