How To Install gis-osm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gis-osm

gis-osm is:

Set of Debian packages which are dealing with OpenStreetMap data.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gis-osm

Install gis-osm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gis-osm

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

sudo aptitude -y install gis-osm

How To Uninstall gis-osm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gis-osm

Uninstall gis-osm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gis-osm

Remove gis-osm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gis-osm

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

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

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

Dependencies

gis-osm have the following dependencies:

• gis-tasks

References

• gis-osm website

Summary

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