How To Install libgeotiff-epsg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-epsg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgeotiff-epsg
libgeotiff-epsg 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 EPSG Geodetic Paramenters data files which can be used with standard projections. These data are useful to better dump geo-contents of many GeoTIFF files.
There are three methods to install libgeotiff-epsg 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 libgeotiff-epsg 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-epsg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeotiff-epsg
Install libgeotiff-epsg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeotiff-epsg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeotiff-epsg
Install libgeotiff-epsg 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 libgeotiff-epsg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeotiff-epsg
How To Uninstall libgeotiff-epsg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgeotiff-epsg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeotiff-epsg
Uninstall libgeotiff-epsg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeotiff-epsg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeotiff-epsg
Remove libgeotiff-epsg Configurations and Data
To remove libgeotiff-epsg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeotiff-epsg
Remove libgeotiff-epsg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeotiff-epsg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeotiff-epsg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-epsg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
