How To Install gpx2shp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpx2shp
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gpx2shp
gpx2shp is:
Convert GPS or GPX file to ESRI/Shape file. Include the tools gps2shp and gpx2shp. These are very useful when using collected GPS points with existing GIS tools like qgis and GRASS.
There are three methods to install gpx2shp
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gpx2shp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gpx2shp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpx2shp
Install gpx2shp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gpx2shp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpx2shp
Install gpx2shp 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gpx2shp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpx2shp
How To Uninstall gpx2shp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gpx2shp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpx2shp
Uninstall gpx2shp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpx2shp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpx2shp
Remove gpx2shp Configurations and Data
To remove gpx2shp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpx2shp
Remove gpx2shp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpx2shp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpx2shp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpx2shp
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.