How To Install mkgmapgui on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkgmapgui on Debian 11.
What is mkgmapgui
mkgmapgui is:
mkgmapgui is a GUI front end to mkgmap, a command-line utility for converting OpenStreetMap map files to files that can be uploaded to a Garmin GPS device.
While not all the advanced features of mkgmap are implemented in mkgmapgui, the most used are. mkgmapgui implements the following features:
- Converting an .osm file into a Garmin .img file
- Combining multiple .img files into one .img file.
There are three methods to install mkgmapgui on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mkgmapgui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mkgmapgui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mkgmapgui
Install mkgmapgui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mkgmapgui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mkgmapgui
Install mkgmapgui 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 mkgmapgui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mkgmapgui
How To Uninstall mkgmapgui on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mkgmapgui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mkgmapgui
Uninstall mkgmapgui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mkgmapgui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mkgmapgui
Remove mkgmapgui Configurations and Data
To remove mkgmapgui configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mkgmapgui
Remove mkgmapgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mkgmapgui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mkgmapgui
Dependencies
mkgmapgui have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkgmapgui package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
