How To Install libgeonames-common on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeonames-common
on Debian 12.
What is libgeonames-common
libgeonames-common is:
A library for parsing and querying a local copy of the geonames.org database.
This package contains library data files.
There are three methods to install libgeonames-common
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgeonames-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeonames-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeonames-common
Install libgeonames-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeonames-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeonames-common
Install libgeonames-common 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 libgeonames-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeonames-common
How To Uninstall libgeonames-common on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgeonames-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeonames-common
Uninstall libgeonames-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeonames-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeonames-common
Remove libgeonames-common Configurations and Data
To remove libgeonames-common
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeonames-common
Remove libgeonames-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeonames-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeonames-common
Dependencies
libgeonames-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeonames-common
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.