How To Install gis-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gis-data on Kali Linux.

What is gis-data

gis-data is:

This metapackage will install some packages providing data that can be used by different GIS applications.

There are three methods to install gis-data 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 gis-data Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gis-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gis-data

Install gis-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gis-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gis-data

Install gis-data 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install gis-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gis-data

How To Uninstall gis-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gis-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gis-data

Uninstall gis-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gis-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gis-data

Remove gis-data Configurations and Data

To remove gis-data configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gis-data

Remove gis-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gis-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gis-data

Dependencies

gis-data have the following dependencies:

• gis-tasks

References

• gis-data website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gis-data package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.