How To Install gdal-bin on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal-bin on Kali Linux.
What is gdal-bin
gdal-bin 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 utility programs, based on GDAL/OGR library, namely gdal_translate, gdalinfo, gdaladdo, gdalwarp, ogr2ogr, ogrinfo, ogrtindex.
There are three methods to install gdal-bin on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gdal-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gdal-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdal-binInstall gdal-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gdal-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdal-binInstall gdal-bin Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gdal-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdal-binHow To Uninstall gdal-bin on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gdal-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdal-binUninstall gdal-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdal-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdal-binRemove gdal-bin Configurations and Data
To remove gdal-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdal-binRemove gdal-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdal-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdal-binDependencies
gdal-bin have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal-bin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.