How To Install geotranz-help on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geotranz-help on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geotranz-help
geotranz-help 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 the help files for the GEOTRANZ graphical interface.
There are three methods to install geotranz-help 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-help 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-help using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geotranz-help
Install geotranz-help Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geotranz-help using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geotranz-help
Install geotranz-help 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-help using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geotranz-help
How To Uninstall geotranz-help on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geotranz-help package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geotranz-help
Uninstall geotranz-help And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geotranz-help and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geotranz-help
Remove geotranz-help Configurations and Data
To remove geotranz-help configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geotranz-help
Remove geotranz-help configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geotranz-help configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geotranz-help
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geotranz-help package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
