How To Install libterralib-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libterralib-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libterralib-dev
libterralib-dev is:
TerraLib enables quick development of custom-built geographical applications using spatial databases. As a research tool, TerraLib is aimed at providing a rich and powerful environment for the development of GIS research, enabling the development of GIS prototypes that include new concepts such as spatio-temporal data models, geographical ontologies and advanced spatial analysis techniques. TerraLib defines a geographical data model and provides support for this model over a range of different DBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, ORACLE and ACCESS), and is implemented as a library of C++ classes and functions, written in ANSI-C++.
This package contains development files for terralib.
There are three methods to install libterralib-dev 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 libterralib-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libterralib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libterralib-devInstall libterralib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libterralib-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libterralib-devInstall libterralib-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libterralib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libterralib-devHow To Uninstall libterralib-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libterralib-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libterralib-devUninstall libterralib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libterralib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libterralib-devRemove libterralib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libterralib-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libterralib-devRemove libterralib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libterralib-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libterralib-devDependencies
libterralib-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libterralib-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.