How To Install gmt-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-common on Debian 9.
What is gmt-common
gmt-common is:
GMT is a collection of tools that allow users to manipulate (x,y) and (x,y,z) data sets (including filtering, trend fitting, gridding, projecting, etc.) and produce Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS) illustrations ranging from simple x-y plots through contour maps to artificially illuminated surfaces and 3-D perspective views in black and white, gray tone, hachure patterns, and 24-bit color.
GMT supports many common map projections plus linear, log, and power scaling, and comes with support data such as coastlines, rivers, and political boundaries.
This package contains the architecture-independent files for GMT.
There are three methods to install gmt-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gmt-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gmt-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmt-common
Install gmt-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmt-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmt-common
Install gmt-common 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gmt-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmt-common
How To Uninstall gmt-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gmt-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmt-common
Uninstall gmt-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmt-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmt-common
Remove gmt-common Configurations and Data
To remove gmt-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmt-common
Remove gmt-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmt-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmt-common
Dependencies
gmt-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.