How To Install libgdal30 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal30 on Ubuntu 22.04. libgdal30 is Geospatial Data Abstraction Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal30 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libgdal30

libgdal30 is:

GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. The related OGR library (which lives within the GDAL source tree) provides a similar capability for simple features vector data.

GDAL supports many popular data formats, including commonly used ones (GeoTIFF, JPEG, PNG and more) as well as the ones used in GIS and remote sensing software packages (ERDAS Imagine, ESRI Arc/Info, ENVI, PCI Geomatics). Also supported many remote sensing and scientific data distribution formats such as HDF, EOS FAST, NOAA L1B, NetCDF, FITS.

OGR library supports popular vector formats like ESRI Shapefile, TIGER data, S57, MapInfo File, DGN, GML and more.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libgdal30 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 libgdal30 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdal30 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgdal30

Install libgdal30 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdal30 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgdal30

Install libgdal30 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 libgdal30 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdal30

How To Uninstall libgdal30 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libgdal30 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgdal30

Uninstall libgdal30 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgdal30 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdal30

Remove libgdal30 Configurations and Data

To remove libgdal30 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdal30

Remove libgdal30 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgdal30 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdal30

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal30 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.