How To Install libspatialite7 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libspatialite7 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libspatialite7 is Geospatial extension for SQLite - libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialite7 on Debian 12.

What is libspatialite7

libspatialite7 is:

The SpatiaLite extension enables SQLite to support spatial (geometry) data in a way conformant to OpenGis specifications, with both WKT and WKB formats.

Spatialite also includes Virtualshape and Virtualtext to enable accessing shapefiles and csv/text files as virtual tables.

This package contains all shared libraries used by Spatialite based programs.

There are three methods to install libspatialite7 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libspatialite7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspatialite7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspatialite7

Install libspatialite7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspatialite7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspatialite7

Install libspatialite7 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 libspatialite7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspatialite7

How To Uninstall libspatialite7 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libspatialite7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspatialite7

Uninstall libspatialite7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspatialite7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspatialite7

Remove libspatialite7 Configurations and Data

To remove libspatialite7 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspatialite7

Remove libspatialite7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspatialite7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspatialite7

Dependencies

libspatialite7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialite7 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.