How To Install libgdal28 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal28 on Debian 11.
What is libgdal28
libgdal28 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 libgdal28 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgdal28 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdal28 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgdal28
Install libgdal28 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdal28 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgdal28
Install libgdal28 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 libgdal28 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgdal28
How To Uninstall libgdal28 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libgdal28 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgdal28
Uninstall libgdal28 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgdal28 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdal28
Remove libgdal28 Configurations and Data
To remove libgdal28 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgdal28
Remove libgdal28 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgdal28 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdal28
Dependencies
libgdal28 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal28 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
