How To Install libgeotiff2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgeotiff2
libgeotiff2 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 the shared library only.
There are three methods to install libgeotiff2 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeotiff2
Install libgeotiff2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeotiff2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeotiff2
Install libgeotiff2 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeotiff2
How To Uninstall libgeotiff2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgeotiff2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeotiff2
Uninstall libgeotiff2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeotiff2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeotiff2
Remove libgeotiff2 Configurations and Data
To remove libgeotiff2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeotiff2
Remove libgeotiff2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeotiff2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeotiff2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
