How To Install gmt-examples on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-examples on Debian 10.
What is gmt-examples
gmt-examples 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 example scripts illustrating the use of GMT.
There are three methods to install gmt-examples 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-examples 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-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmt-examples
Install gmt-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmt-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmt-examples
Install gmt-examples 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-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmt-examples
How To Uninstall gmt-examples on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gmt-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmt-examples
Uninstall gmt-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmt-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmt-examples
Remove gmt-examples Configurations and Data
To remove gmt-examples configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmt-examples
Remove gmt-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmt-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmt-examples
Dependencies
gmt-examples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-examples package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.