How To Install geotranz-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install geotranz-doc on Kali Linux. geotranz-doc is GEOgraphic coordinates TRANslator (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geotranz-doc on Kali Linux.

What is geotranz-doc

geotranz-doc is:

GEOTRANZ (Geographic Translator) is an application program which allows you to easily convert geographic coordinates among a wide variety of coordinate systems, map projections, and datums. Currently, twenty-five different coordinate systems, map projections, grids, and coding schemes, and over two hundred different datums, are supported.

GEOTRANZ is the Debian name of GEOTRANS, a product of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center.

This package contains a lot of documentation and examples.

There are three methods to install geotranz-doc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install geotranz-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install geotranz-doc

Install geotranz-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geotranz-doc

Install geotranz-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install geotranz-doc

How To Uninstall geotranz-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the geotranz-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geotranz-doc

Uninstall geotranz-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geotranz-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geotranz-doc

Remove geotranz-doc Configurations and Data

To remove geotranz-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geotranz-doc

Remove geotranz-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geotranz-doc

Dependencies

geotranz-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geotranz-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.