How To Install gmt-gshhg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmt-gshhg on Kali Linux. gmt-gshhg is Global Self-consistent Hierarchical High-resolution Geography (GSHHG)

Introduction

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

What is gmt-gshhg

gmt-gshhg 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 metapackage depends on all resolution specific GSHHG packages:

  • gmt-gshhg-low Low resolution coastlines for the Generic Mapping Tools
  • gmt-gshhg-high High resolution coastlines for the Generic Mapping Tools
  • gmt-gshhg-full Full resolution coastlines for the Generic Mapping Tools

Use gmt-gshhg-low for the crude, low and intermediate resolution coastlines which will be enough to get you started.

Use gmt-gshhg-high or gmt-gshhg-full to create better quality maps at an higher resolution, but be aware that the full maps take space on your disk.

There are three methods to install gmt-gshhg 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-gshhg 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gmt-gshhg

Install gmt-gshhg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gmt-gshhg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gmt-gshhg

Install gmt-gshhg 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-gshhg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmt-gshhg

How To Uninstall gmt-gshhg on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gmt-gshhg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gmt-gshhg

Uninstall gmt-gshhg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gmt-gshhg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmt-gshhg

Remove gmt-gshhg Configurations and Data

To remove gmt-gshhg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gmt-gshhg

Remove gmt-gshhg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gmt-gshhg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmt-gshhg

Dependencies

gmt-gshhg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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