How To Install gis-gps on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gis-gps

gis-gps is:

Set of Debian packages which are dealing with GPS devices and data.

There are three methods to install gis-gps 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-gps 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-gps using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gis-gps

Install gis-gps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gis-gps

Install gis-gps 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-gps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gis-gps

How To Uninstall gis-gps on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gis-gps

Uninstall gis-gps And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gis-gps

Remove gis-gps Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gis-gps

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

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

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

Dependencies

gis-gps have the following dependencies:

• gis-tasks

References

• gis-gps website

Summary

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