How To Install libelocation1 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libelocation1 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libelocation1 is EFL geospatial information management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelocation1 on Debian 10.

What is libelocation1

libelocation1 is:

Elocation is meant as a convenience library to ease application developers the usage of geo information in their apps. Adding a geo tag to a picture or translating an address to a GPS position and show it on a map widget are just some of the use cases.

Currently it offer the following functionality:

  • Request current address in textual form
  • Request current position in GPS format
  • Translate a position into and address or an address in a position

This is part of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).

There are three methods to install libelocation1 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 libelocation1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libelocation1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libelocation1

Install libelocation1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libelocation1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libelocation1

Install libelocation1 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 libelocation1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libelocation1

How To Uninstall libelocation1 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libelocation1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libelocation1

Uninstall libelocation1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libelocation1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libelocation1

Remove libelocation1 Configurations and Data

To remove libelocation1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libelocation1

Remove libelocation1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libelocation1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libelocation1

Dependencies

libelocation1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelocation1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.