How To Install postgis-gui on Debian 10

Learn how to install postgis-gui on Debian 10 with this tutorial. postgis-gui is Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL – GUI programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgis-gui on Debian 10.

What is postgis-gui

postgis-gui 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 package contains the PostGIS graphical shape file loader, shp2pgsql-gui.

There are three methods to install postgis-gui 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 postgis-gui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install postgis-gui

Install postgis-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install postgis-gui

Install postgis-gui 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 postgis-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install postgis-gui

How To Uninstall postgis-gui on Debian 10

To uninstall only the postgis-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove postgis-gui

Uninstall postgis-gui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgis-gui

Remove postgis-gui Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge postgis-gui

Remove postgis-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgis-gui

Dependencies

postgis-gui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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