How To Install libgdal20 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal20 on Debian 9. libgdal20 is Geospatial Data Abstraction Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal20 on Debian 9.

What is libgdal20

libgdal20 is:

GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. The related OGR library (which lives within the GDAL source tree) provides a similar capability for simple features vector data.

GDAL supports many popular data formats, including commonly used ones (GeoTIFF, JPEG, PNG and more) as well as the ones used in GIS and remote sensing software packages (ERDAS Imagine, ESRI Arc/Info, ENVI, PCI Geomatics). Also supported many remote sensing and scientific data distribution formats such as HDF, EOS FAST, NOAA L1B, NetCDF, FITS.

OGR library supports popular vector formats like ESRI Shapefile, TIGER data, S57, MapInfo File, DGN, GML and more.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libgdal20 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgdal20 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdal20 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgdal20

Install libgdal20 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdal20 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgdal20

Install libgdal20 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 libgdal20 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdal20

How To Uninstall libgdal20 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgdal20 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgdal20

Uninstall libgdal20 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgdal20 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdal20

Remove libgdal20 Configurations and Data

To remove libgdal20 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdal20

Remove libgdal20 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgdal20 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdal20

Dependencies

libgdal20 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal20 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.