How To Install proj-data on Debian 10

Learn how to install proj-data on Debian 10 with this tutorial. proj-data is Cartographic projection filter and library (datum package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install proj-data on Debian 10.

What is proj-data

proj-data is:

Proj and invproj perform respective forward and inverse transformation of cartographic data to or from Cartesian data with a wide range of selectable projection functions (over 100 projections).

Geod and invgeod perform geodesic (Great Circle) computations for determining latitude, longitude and back azimuth of a terminus point given a initial point latitude, longitude, azimuth and distance (direct) or the forward and back azimuths and distance between an initial and terminus point latitudes and longitudes (inverse).

This package contains auxiliary projection datum grids used by the library and tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install proj-data

Install proj-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install proj-data

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

sudo aptitude -y install proj-data

How To Uninstall proj-data on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove proj-data

Uninstall proj-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove proj-data

Remove proj-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge proj-data

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

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

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

Dependencies

proj-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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