How To Install libgeographic-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgeographic-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgeographic-dev is C++ library to solve some geodesic problems – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeographic-dev on Debian 10.

What is libgeographic-dev

libgeographic-dev is:

GeographicLib is a small set of C++ classes for converting between geographic, UTM, UPS, MGRS, geocentric, and local cartesian coordinates, for geoid calculations, and for computing geodesic. It is a suitable replacement for the core functionality provided by NGA Geotrans.

This package contains the files used to develop applications that use the GeographicLib library.

There are three methods to install libgeographic-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgeographic-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgeographic-dev

Install libgeographic-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgeographic-dev

Install libgeographic-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgeographic-dev

How To Uninstall libgeographic-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libgeographic-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeographic-dev

Uninstall libgeographic-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeographic-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeographic-dev

Remove libgeographic-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgeographic-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeographic-dev

Remove libgeographic-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeographic-dev

Dependencies

libgeographic-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeographic-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.