How To Install python-gdal on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdal on Debian 9.
What is python-gdal
python-gdal is:
GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. The related OGR library (which lives within the GDAL source tree) provides a similar capability for simple features vector data.
GDAL supports 40+ popular data formats, including commonly used ones (GeoTIFF, JPEG, PNG and more) as well as the ones used in GIS and remote sensing software packages (ERDAS Imagine, ESRI Arc/Info, ENVI, PCI Geomatics). Also supported many remote sensing and scientific data distribution formats such as HDF, EOS FAST, NOAA L1B, NetCDF, FITS.
OGR library supports popular vector formats like ESRI Shapefile, TIGER data, S57, MapInfo File, DGN, GML and more.
This package contains Python bindings for GDAL/OGR library and a set of additional command line tools.
There are three methods to install python-gdal 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-gdal 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-gdal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gdal
Install python-gdal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gdal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gdal
Install python-gdal 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-gdal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gdal
How To Uninstall python-gdal on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-gdal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gdal
Uninstall python-gdal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gdal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gdal
Remove python-gdal Configurations and Data
To remove python-gdal configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gdal
Remove python-gdal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gdal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gdal
Dependencies
python-gdal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdal package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
