How To Install fiona-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fiona-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. fiona-doc is Python API for reading/writing vector geospatial data (docs)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fiona-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fiona-doc

fiona-doc 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 contains the html documentation for Fiona.

There are three methods to install fiona-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fiona-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fiona-doc

Install fiona-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fiona-doc

Install fiona-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fiona-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fiona-doc

How To Uninstall fiona-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fiona-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fiona-doc

Uninstall fiona-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fiona-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fiona-doc

Remove fiona-doc Configurations and Data

To remove fiona-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fiona-doc

Remove fiona-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fiona-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fiona-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.