How To Install libgmt5 on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgmt5 on Debian 9.

What is libgmt5

libgmt5 is:

GMT libraries allow manipulating geographic and Cartesian data sets (including filtering, trend fitting, gridding, projecting, etc.) and producing Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS) illustrations ranging from simple x-y plots via contour maps to artificially illuminated surfaces and 3-D perspective views.

This package contains the GMT library.

There are three methods to install libgmt5 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgmt5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgmt5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgmt5

Install libgmt5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgmt5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgmt5

Install libgmt5 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 libgmt5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgmt5

How To Uninstall libgmt5 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgmt5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgmt5

Uninstall libgmt5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgmt5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgmt5

Remove libgmt5 Configurations and Data

To remove libgmt5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgmt5

Remove libgmt5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgmt5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgmt5

Dependencies

libgmt5 have the following dependencies:

• libblas3
• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libfftw3-single3
• libgdal20
• libhdf5-100
• liblapack3
• libnetcdf11
• libpcre3
• libsz2
• zlib1g

References

• libgmt5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgmt5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.