How To Install libspatialindex5 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libspatialindex5 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libspatialindex5 is General framework for developing spatial indices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialindex5 on Debian 10.

What is libspatialindex5

libspatialindex5 is:

Spatialindex is a C++ library that provides a framework for developing spatial indices. Currently it defines generic interfaces, provides simple main memory and disk based storage managers and a robust implementation of an R*-tree, an MVR-tree and a TPR-tree.

This package contains the SpatialIndex shared library.

There are three methods to install libspatialindex5 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 libspatialindex5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspatialindex5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspatialindex5

Install libspatialindex5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspatialindex5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspatialindex5

Install libspatialindex5 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 libspatialindex5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspatialindex5

How To Uninstall libspatialindex5 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libspatialindex5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspatialindex5

Uninstall libspatialindex5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspatialindex5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspatialindex5

Remove libspatialindex5 Configurations and Data

To remove libspatialindex5 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspatialindex5

Remove libspatialindex5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspatialindex5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspatialindex5

Dependencies

libspatialindex5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialindex5 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.