How To Install gmt-gshhg-full on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-gshhg-full on Debian 10.
What is gmt-gshhg-full
gmt-gshhg-full is:
GSHHG is a high-resolution shoreline data set amalgamated from two databases: Global Self-consistent Hierarchical High-resolution Shorelines (GSHHS) and CIA World Data Bank II (WDBII). GSHHG contains vector descriptions at five different resolutions of land outlines, lakes, rivers, and political boundaries. This data is for use by GMT, the Generic Mapping Tools.
This package contains the full resolution coastlines which are required to create best quality maps with GMT.
There are three methods to install gmt-gshhg-full 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-gshhg-full 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-gshhg-full using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmt-gshhg-full
Install gmt-gshhg-full Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmt-gshhg-full using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmt-gshhg-full
Install gmt-gshhg-full 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-gshhg-full using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmt-gshhg-full
How To Uninstall gmt-gshhg-full on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gmt-gshhg-full package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmt-gshhg-full
Uninstall gmt-gshhg-full And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmt-gshhg-full and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmt-gshhg-full
Remove gmt-gshhg-full Configurations and Data
To remove gmt-gshhg-full configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmt-gshhg-full
Remove gmt-gshhg-full configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmt-gshhg-full configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmt-gshhg-full
Dependencies
gmt-gshhg-full have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-gshhg-full package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.