How To Install libspatialindex-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialindex-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libspatialindex-dev
libspatialindex-dev is:
Spatialindex is a C++ library that provides a framework for developing spatial indices. Currently it defines generic interfaces, provides simple main memory and disk based storage managers and a robust implementation of an R*-tree, an MVR-tree and a TPR-tree.
This package contains the development files to build third parties programs.
There are three methods to install libspatialindex-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libspatialindex-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libspatialindex-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libspatialindex-dev
Install libspatialindex-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libspatialindex-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libspatialindex-dev
Install libspatialindex-dev 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 libspatialindex-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspatialindex-dev
How To Uninstall libspatialindex-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libspatialindex-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libspatialindex-dev
Uninstall libspatialindex-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libspatialindex-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspatialindex-dev
Remove libspatialindex-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libspatialindex-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libspatialindex-dev
Remove libspatialindex-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libspatialindex-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspatialindex-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialindex-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.