How To Install prepair-data on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install prepair-data on Debian 9. prepair-data is polygon repair tool – example data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prepair-data on Debian 9.

What is prepair-data

prepair-data is:

prepair permits you to easily repair “broken” GIS polygons, and that according to the international standards ISO 19107. In brief, given a polygon stored in WKT, it automatically repairs it and gives you back a valid WKT. Automated repair methods can be considered as interpreting ambiguous or ill-defined polygons and giving a coherent and clearly defined output.

This package contains the architecture independent example data.

There are three methods to install prepair-data 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 prepair-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install prepair-data

Install prepair-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install prepair-data

Install prepair-data 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 prepair-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prepair-data

How To Uninstall prepair-data on Debian 9

To uninstall only the prepair-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prepair-data

Uninstall prepair-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prepair-data

Remove prepair-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge prepair-data

Remove prepair-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prepair-data

Dependencies

prepair-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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