How To Install libgeotiff2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. libgeotiff2-dbg is GeoTIFF (geografic enabled TIFF) library – debugging symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgeotiff2-dbg

libgeotiff2-dbg 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 debugging symbols for the libraries.

There are three methods to install libgeotiff2-dbg 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 libgeotiff2-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 libgeotiff2-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeotiff2-dbg

Install libgeotiff2-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeotiff2-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgeotiff2-dbg

Install libgeotiff2-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeotiff2-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeotiff2-dbg

How To Uninstall libgeotiff2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgeotiff2-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeotiff2-dbg

Uninstall libgeotiff2-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeotiff2-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeotiff2-dbg

Remove libgeotiff2-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libgeotiff2-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeotiff2-dbg

Remove libgeotiff2-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgeotiff2-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeotiff2-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff2-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.