How To Install grass on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grass on Kali Linux.

What is grass

grass is:

Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/map production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many government agencies and environmental consulting companies.

Install this virtual package to get a full GRASS system.

There are three methods to install grass 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 grass Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install grass

Install grass Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grass using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grass

Install grass 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 grass using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grass

How To Uninstall grass on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the grass package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grass

Uninstall grass And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grass

Remove grass Configurations and Data

To remove grass configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grass

Remove grass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grass

Dependencies

grass have the following dependencies:

• grass-core
• grass-gui

References

• grass website

Summary

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