How To Install librasterlite2-1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librasterlite2-1 on Kali Linux.

What is librasterlite2-1

librasterlite2-1 is:

librasterlite2 is an open source library that stores and retrieves huge raster coverages using a SpatiaLite DBMS.

It is intended to completely replace and supersede librasterlite. The two projects are completely unrelated: the unique similarity between both is just in covering the same identical application area.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install librasterlite2-1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install librasterlite2-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librasterlite2-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librasterlite2-1

Install librasterlite2-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librasterlite2-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librasterlite2-1

Install librasterlite2-1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install librasterlite2-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librasterlite2-1

How To Uninstall librasterlite2-1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librasterlite2-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librasterlite2-1

Uninstall librasterlite2-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librasterlite2-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librasterlite2-1

Remove librasterlite2-1 Configurations and Data

To remove librasterlite2-1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librasterlite2-1

Remove librasterlite2-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librasterlite2-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librasterlite2-1

Dependencies

librasterlite2-1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libfreetype6
• libgeotiff5
• libgif7
• libjpeg62-turbo
• liblz4-1
• liblzma5
• libopenjp2-7
• libpng16-16
• libsqlite3-0
• libtiff5
• libwebp6
• libxml2
• libzstd1
• zlib1g

References

• librasterlite2-1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librasterlite2-1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.