How To Install libgeos-c1v5 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgeos-c1v5 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgeos-c1v5 is Geometry engine for Geographic Information Systems - C Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeos-c1v5 on Debian 12.

What is libgeos-c1v5

libgeos-c1v5 is:

GEOS provides a spatial object model and fundamental geometric functions. It implements the geometry model defined in the OpenGIS Consortium Simple Features Specification for SQL. Functions provided include:

  • spatial predicates (based on the DE-9IM model),
  • overlay functions (intersection, difference, union, symmetric difference),
  • buffer,
  • convex hull,
  • area and distance functions, and
  • topological validity checking

This package contains the C library.

There are three methods to install libgeos-c1v5 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgeos-c1v5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeos-c1v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeos-c1v5

Install libgeos-c1v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeos-c1v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgeos-c1v5

Install libgeos-c1v5 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 libgeos-c1v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeos-c1v5

How To Uninstall libgeos-c1v5 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgeos-c1v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeos-c1v5

Uninstall libgeos-c1v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeos-c1v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeos-c1v5

Remove libgeos-c1v5 Configurations and Data

To remove libgeos-c1v5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeos-c1v5

Remove libgeos-c1v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgeos-c1v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeos-c1v5

Dependencies

libgeos-c1v5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeos-c1v5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.