How To Install libterralib3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libterralib3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libterralib3
libterralib3 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++.
There are three methods to install libterralib3 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 libterralib3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libterralib3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libterralib3
Install libterralib3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libterralib3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libterralib3
Install libterralib3 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 libterralib3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libterralib3
How To Uninstall libterralib3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libterralib3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libterralib3
Uninstall libterralib3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libterralib3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libterralib3
Remove libterralib3 Configurations and Data
To remove libterralib3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libterralib3
Remove libterralib3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libterralib3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libterralib3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libterralib3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
