How To Install gpxviewer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpxviewer
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gpxviewer
gpxviewer is:
This application allows the user to load a GPS trace, in the GPX file format, and read it in a presentable way. You are shown a few statistics, such as the duration or maximum speed. You are also shown the trace on an openstreetmap map, where you can scroll around and zoom.
There are three methods to install gpxviewer
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 gpxviewer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gpxviewer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpxviewer
Install gpxviewer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gpxviewer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpxviewer
Install gpxviewer 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 gpxviewer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpxviewer
How To Uninstall gpxviewer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gpxviewer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpxviewer
Uninstall gpxviewer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpxviewer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpxviewer
Remove gpxviewer Configurations and Data
To remove gpxviewer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpxviewer
Remove gpxviewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpxviewer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpxviewer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpxviewer
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.