How To Install gmt-dcw on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-dcw on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 gmt-dcw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmt-dcw

How To Uninstall gmt-dcw on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• gmt-dcw website

Summary

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