How To Install libgeotiff-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-dev on Debian 12.
What is libgeotiff-dev
libgeotiff-dev is:
This C library supports TIFF 6.0 based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery. The GeoTIFF standard has been developed for reading, and writing geographic meta-information tags on top of TIFF raster.
This package contains stuff to be used to develop programs based on the GeoTIFF library.
There are three methods to install libgeotiff-dev 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 libgeotiff-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 libgeotiff-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeotiff-dev
Install libgeotiff-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeotiff-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeotiff-dev
Install libgeotiff-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeotiff-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeotiff-dev
How To Uninstall libgeotiff-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgeotiff-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeotiff-dev
Uninstall libgeotiff-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeotiff-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeotiff-dev
Remove libgeotiff-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgeotiff-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeotiff-dev
Remove libgeotiff-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeotiff-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeotiff-dev
Dependencies
libgeotiff-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
