How To Install liblwgeom-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwgeom-dev on Debian 10.
What is liblwgeom-dev
liblwgeom-dev is:
PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS “spatially enables” the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRI’s SDE or Oracle’s Spatial extension. PostGIS follows the OpenGIS “Simple Features Specification for SQL”.
This library is the generic geometry handling section of PostGIS. The geometry objects, constructors, destructors, and a set of spatial processing functions, are implemented here. This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install liblwgeom-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 liblwgeom-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 liblwgeom-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblwgeom-dev
Install liblwgeom-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblwgeom-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblwgeom-dev
Install liblwgeom-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 liblwgeom-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblwgeom-dev
How To Uninstall liblwgeom-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the liblwgeom-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblwgeom-dev
Uninstall liblwgeom-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblwgeom-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblwgeom-dev
Remove liblwgeom-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblwgeom-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblwgeom-dev
Remove liblwgeom-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblwgeom-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblwgeom-dev
Dependencies
liblwgeom-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwgeom-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
