How To Install grass on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grass on Debian 10.
What is grass
grass is:
Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/map production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many government agencies and environmental consulting companies.
Install this virtual package to get a full GRASS system.
There are three methods to install grass 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 grass Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grass using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grass
Install grass Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grass using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grass
Install grass 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 grass using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grass
How To Uninstall grass on Debian 10
To uninstall only the grass package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grass
Uninstall grass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grass
Remove grass Configurations and Data
To remove grass configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grass
Remove grass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grass configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grass
Dependencies
grass have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grass package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
