How To Install libkml-java on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkml-java on Debian 9.
What is libkml-java
libkml-java is:
This is a library for use with applications that want to parse, generate and operate on KML, a geo-data XML variant. It is an implementation of the OGC KML 2.2 standard. It is written in C++ and bindings are available via SWIG to Java and Python.
This package contains the required packages for Java applications.
There are three methods to install libkml-java 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 libkml-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkml-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkml-java
Install libkml-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkml-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkml-java
Install libkml-java 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 libkml-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkml-java
How To Uninstall libkml-java on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libkml-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkml-java
Uninstall libkml-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkml-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkml-java
Remove libkml-java Configurations and Data
To remove libkml-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkml-java
Remove libkml-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkml-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkml-java
Dependencies
libkml-java have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libexpat1
- libgcc1
- libkmlbase1
- libkmlconvenience1
- libkmldom1
- libkmlengine1
- libkmlregionator1
- libkmlxsd1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkml-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.