How To Install geoclue-nominatim on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-nominatim on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geoclue-nominatim
geoclue-nominatim is:
GeoClue provides applications access to various geographical information sources using a D-Bus API or a C library.
This package provides a geocoding and reverse-geocoding backend for GeoClue. It uses the Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) API.
There are three methods to install geoclue-nominatim 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 geoclue-nominatim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-nominatim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geoclue-nominatim
Install geoclue-nominatim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-nominatim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geoclue-nominatim
Install geoclue-nominatim 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 geoclue-nominatim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geoclue-nominatim
How To Uninstall geoclue-nominatim on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geoclue-nominatim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geoclue-nominatim
Uninstall geoclue-nominatim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geoclue-nominatim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoclue-nominatim
Remove geoclue-nominatim Configurations and Data
To remove geoclue-nominatim configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geoclue-nominatim
Remove geoclue-nominatim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geoclue-nominatim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geoclue-nominatim
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-nominatim package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
