How To Install libgeos-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeos-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgeos-dev
libgeos-dev 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 headers and libraries needed to develop programs using GEOS.
There are three methods to install libgeos-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeos-dev
Install libgeos-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeos-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeos-dev
Install libgeos-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeos-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeos-dev
How To Uninstall libgeos-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgeos-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeos-dev
Uninstall libgeos-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeos-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeos-dev
Remove libgeos-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgeos-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeos-dev
Remove libgeos-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeos-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeos-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeos-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
