How To Install ruby-geos on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-geos on Debian 9. ruby-geos is GEOS bindings for Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-geos on Debian 9.

What is ruby-geos

ruby-geos is:

GEOS provides a spatial object model and fundamental geometric functions. It implements the geometry model defined in the OpenGIS Consortium Simple Features Specification for SQL.

This package contains the Ruby bindings for GEOS.

There are three methods to install ruby-geos 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 ruby-geos Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-geos

Install ruby-geos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-geos

Install ruby-geos 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 ruby-geos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-geos

How To Uninstall ruby-geos on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ruby-geos package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-geos

Uninstall ruby-geos And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-geos

Remove ruby-geos Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-geos

Remove ruby-geos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-geos

Dependencies

ruby-geos have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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