How To Install libproj13 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libproj13 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libproj13 is Cartographic projection library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproj13 on Debian 10.

What is libproj13

libproj13 is:

Proj and invproj perform respective forward and inverse transformation of cartographic data to or from Cartesian data with a wide range of selectable projection functions (over 100 projections).

Geod and invgeod perform geodesic (Great Circle) computations for determining latitude, longitude and back azimuth of a terminus point given a initial point latitude, longitude, azimuth and distance (direct) or the forward and back azimuths and distance between an initial and terminus point latitudes and longitudes (inverse).

This package provides the PROJ shared library used by tools and third parties programs.

There are three methods to install libproj13 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libproj13 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libproj13 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libproj13

Install libproj13 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libproj13 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libproj13

Install libproj13 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 libproj13 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libproj13

How To Uninstall libproj13 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libproj13 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libproj13

Uninstall libproj13 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libproj13 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libproj13

Remove libproj13 Configurations and Data

To remove libproj13 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libproj13

Remove libproj13 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libproj13 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libproj13

Dependencies

libproj13 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproj13 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.