How To Install libgeotranz3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotranz3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgeotranz3-dev
libgeotranz3-dev is:
GEOTRANZ (Geographic Translator) is an application program which allows you to easily convert geographic coordinates among a wide variety of coordinate systems, map projections, and datums. Currently, twenty-five different coordinate systems, map projections, grids, and coding schemes, and over two hundred different datums, are supported.
GEOTRANZ is the Debian name of GEOTRANS, a product of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center.
This package contains the static library and include files for linking applications with the geotranz library.
There are three methods to install libgeotranz3-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 libgeotranz3-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 libgeotranz3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeotranz3-dev
Install libgeotranz3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeotranz3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeotranz3-dev
Install libgeotranz3-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 libgeotranz3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeotranz3-dev
How To Uninstall libgeotranz3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgeotranz3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeotranz3-dev
Uninstall libgeotranz3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeotranz3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeotranz3-dev
Remove libgeotranz3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgeotranz3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeotranz3-dev
Remove libgeotranz3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeotranz3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeotranz3-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotranz3-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
