How To Install geotranz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geotranz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geotranz-doc
geotranz-doc is:
GEOTRANZ (Geographic Translator) is an application program which allows you to easily convert geographic coordinates among a wide variety of coordinate systems, map projections, and datums. Currently, twenty-five different coordinate systems, map projections, grids, and coding schemes, and over two hundred different datums, are supported.
GEOTRANZ is the Debian name of GEOTRANS, a product of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center.
This package contains a lot of documentation and examples.
There are three methods to install geotranz-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 geotranz-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 geotranz-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geotranz-doc
Install geotranz-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geotranz-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geotranz-doc
Install geotranz-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 geotranz-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geotranz-doc
How To Uninstall geotranz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geotranz-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geotranz-doc
Uninstall geotranz-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geotranz-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geotranz-doc
Remove geotranz-doc Configurations and Data
To remove geotranz-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geotranz-doc
Remove geotranz-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geotranz-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geotranz-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geotranz-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
