How To Install libgeos-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeos-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libgeos-dbg
libgeos-dbg 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.
This package contains the debugging symbols for C/C++ GEOS library.
There are three methods to install libgeos-dbg 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 libgeos-dbg 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-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeos-dbg
Install libgeos-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeos-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeos-dbg
Install libgeos-dbg 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-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeos-dbg
How To Uninstall libgeos-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libgeos-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeos-dbg
Uninstall libgeos-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeos-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeos-dbg
Remove libgeos-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libgeos-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeos-dbg
Remove libgeos-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeos-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeos-dbg
Dependencies
libgeos-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeos-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.