How To Install python-fiona on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fiona
on Debian 9.
What is python-fiona
python-fiona is:
Fiona is a Python wrapper around the OGR vector data abstraction library. Fiona is designed to be simple and dependable. It focuses on reading and writing data in standard Python IO style and relies upon familiar Python types and protocols such as files, dictionaries, mappings, and iterators instead of classes specific to OGR. Fiona can read and write real-world data using multi-layered GIS formats and zipped virtual file systems and integrates readily with other Python GIS packages such as pyproj, Rtree, and Shapely.
This package provides the Python 2 API
There are three methods to install python-fiona
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 python-fiona Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fiona
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-fiona
Install python-fiona Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fiona
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-fiona
Install python-fiona 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 python-fiona
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-fiona
How To Uninstall python-fiona on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-fiona
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-fiona
Uninstall python-fiona And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-fiona
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fiona
Remove python-fiona Configurations and Data
To remove python-fiona
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-fiona
Remove python-fiona configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-fiona
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fiona
Dependencies
python-fiona have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fiona
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.