How To Install libreadosm1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreadosm1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. libreadosm1-dbg is simple library to parse OpenStreetMap files - debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreadosm1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libreadosm1-dbg

libreadosm1-dbg is:

ReadOSM is an open source library to extract valid data from within an OpenStreetMap input file. Such OSM files come in two different formats, .osm (XML) and .pbf.

Some of the design goals of ReadOSM are:

  • to be simple and lightweight
  • to be stable, robust and efficient
  • to be easily and universally portable
  • making the whole parsing process of both .osm or .osm.pbf files completely transparent from the application own perspective.

This package contains detached symbols useful for debugging.

There are three methods to install libreadosm1-dbg 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 libreadosm1-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libreadosm1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreadosm1-dbg

Install libreadosm1-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libreadosm1-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libreadosm1-dbg

Install libreadosm1-dbg 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 libreadosm1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreadosm1-dbg

How To Uninstall libreadosm1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libreadosm1-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreadosm1-dbg

Uninstall libreadosm1-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreadosm1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreadosm1-dbg

Remove libreadosm1-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libreadosm1-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreadosm1-dbg

Remove libreadosm1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libreadosm1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreadosm1-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreadosm1-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.