How To Install libgeotiff-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-dev on Debian 9. libgeotiff-dev is GeoTIFF (geografic enabled TIFF) library – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-dev on Debian 9.

What is libgeotiff-dev

libgeotiff-dev is:

This C library supports TIFF 6.0 based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery. The GeoTIFF standard has been developed for reading, and writing geographic meta-information tags on top of TIFF raster.

This package contains stuff to be used to develop programs based on the GeoTIFF library.

There are three methods to install libgeotiff-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgeotiff-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 libgeotiff-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeotiff-dev

Install libgeotiff-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgeotiff-dev

Install libgeotiff-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 libgeotiff-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeotiff-dev

How To Uninstall libgeotiff-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libgeotiff-dev

Uninstall libgeotiff-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeotiff-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeotiff-dev

Remove libgeotiff-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgeotiff-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeotiff-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgeotiff-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.