How To Install libgeotranz3-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgeotranz3-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgeotranz3-dev is GEOgraphic coordinates TRANslator (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotranz3-dev on Debian 10.

What is libgeotranz3-dev

libgeotranz3-dev is:

GEOTRANZ (Geographic Translator) is an application program which allows you to easily convert geographic coordinates among a wide variety of coordinate systems, map projections, and datums. Currently, twenty-five different coordinate systems, map projections, grids, and coding schemes, and over two hundred different datums, are supported.

GEOTRANZ is the Debian name of GEOTRANS, a product of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center.

This package contains the static library and include files for linking applications with the geotranz library.

There are three methods to install libgeotranz3-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 libgeotranz3-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 libgeotranz3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeotranz3-dev

Install libgeotranz3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeotranz3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgeotranz3-dev

Install libgeotranz3-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 libgeotranz3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeotranz3-dev

How To Uninstall libgeotranz3-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libgeotranz3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeotranz3-dev

Uninstall libgeotranz3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeotranz3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeotranz3-dev

Remove libgeotranz3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgeotranz3-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeotranz3-dev

Remove libgeotranz3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgeotranz3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeotranz3-dev

Dependencies

libgeotranz3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotranz3-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.