How To Install libkmlxsd1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkmlxsd1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libkmlxsd1 is Library to manipulate KML 2.2 OGC standard files - libkmlxsd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkmlxsd1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libkmlxsd1

libkmlxsd1 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 libkmlxsd shared library.

There are three methods to install libkmlxsd1 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 libkmlxsd1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkmlxsd1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkmlxsd1

Install libkmlxsd1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkmlxsd1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkmlxsd1

Install libkmlxsd1 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 libkmlxsd1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkmlxsd1

How To Uninstall libkmlxsd1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libkmlxsd1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkmlxsd1

Uninstall libkmlxsd1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkmlxsd1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkmlxsd1

Remove libkmlxsd1 Configurations and Data

To remove libkmlxsd1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkmlxsd1

Remove libkmlxsd1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkmlxsd1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkmlxsd1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkmlxsd1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.