How To Install imposm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install imposm
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is imposm
imposm is:
Imposm is an importer for OpenStreetMap data. It reads XML and PBF files and can import the data into PostgreSQL/PostGIS databases.
It is designed to create databases that are optimized for rendering/WMS services.
This package contains the importer.
There are three methods to install imposm
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install imposm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install imposm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install imposm
Install imposm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install imposm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install imposm
Install imposm 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 imposm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install imposm
How To Uninstall imposm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the imposm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove imposm
Uninstall imposm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall imposm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove imposm
Remove imposm Configurations and Data
To remove imposm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge imposm
Remove imposm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove imposm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imposm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install imposm
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.