How To Install mapnik-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mapnik-doc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mapnik-doc
mapnik-doc is:
Mapnik is an OpenSource C++ toolkit for developing GIS (Geographic Information Systems) applications. At the core is a C++ shared library providing algorithms/patterns for spatial data access and visualization.
Essentially a collection of geographic objects (map, layer, datasource, feature, geometry), the library doesn’t rely on “windowing systems” and is intended to work in multi-threaded environments
This package contains developer documentation.
There are three methods to install mapnik-doc
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 mapnik-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mapnik-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mapnik-doc
Install mapnik-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mapnik-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mapnik-doc
Install mapnik-doc 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 mapnik-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mapnik-doc
How To Uninstall mapnik-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mapnik-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mapnik-doc
Uninstall mapnik-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mapnik-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mapnik-doc
Remove mapnik-doc Configurations and Data
To remove mapnik-doc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mapnik-doc
Remove mapnik-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mapnik-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mapnik-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mapnik-doc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.