How To Install gmt-dcw on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-dcw on Debian 10.
What is gmt-dcw
gmt-dcw is:
DCW-GMT is an enhancement to the original 1:1,000,000 scale vector basemap of the world available from the Princeton University Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center and from GeoCommunity at http://data.geocomm.com/readme/dcw/dcw.html. This data is for use by GMT, the Generic Mapping Tools.
There are three methods to install gmt-dcw on Debian 10. 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-dcw 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-dcw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmt-dcw
Install gmt-dcw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmt-dcw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmt-dcw
Install gmt-dcw 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-dcw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmt-dcw
How To Uninstall gmt-dcw on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gmt-dcw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmt-dcw
Uninstall gmt-dcw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmt-dcw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmt-dcw
Remove gmt-dcw Configurations and Data
To remove gmt-dcw configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmt-dcw
Remove gmt-dcw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmt-dcw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmt-dcw
Dependencies
gmt-dcw have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-dcw package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.