How To Install geographiclib-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geographiclib-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is geographiclib-tools
geographiclib-tools is:
GeographicLib is a small set of C++ classes for converting between geographic, UTM, UPS, MGRS, geocentric, and local cartesian coordinates, for geoid calculations, and for computing geodesic. It is a suitable replacement for the core functionality provided by NGA Geotrans.
This package contains some core tools based on the GeographicLib library.
There are three methods to install geographiclib-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install geographiclib-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install geographiclib-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geographiclib-tools
Install geographiclib-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geographiclib-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geographiclib-tools
Install geographiclib-tools 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 geographiclib-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geographiclib-tools
How To Uninstall geographiclib-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the geographiclib-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geographiclib-tools
Uninstall geographiclib-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geographiclib-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geographiclib-tools
Remove geographiclib-tools Configurations and Data
To remove geographiclib-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geographiclib-tools
Remove geographiclib-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geographiclib-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geographiclib-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geographiclib-tools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.