How To Install openstreetmap-carto-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openstreetmap-carto-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is openstreetmap-carto-common
openstreetmap-carto-common is:
This package provides the standard OpenStreetMap stylesheet for Mapnik, built from the CartoCSS source. It also provides the necessary icons, and the script to download the necessary shapefiles.
This package does not provide a tileserver, or perform tile rendering.
There are three methods to install openstreetmap-carto-common 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 openstreetmap-carto-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openstreetmap-carto-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openstreetmap-carto-common
Install openstreetmap-carto-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openstreetmap-carto-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openstreetmap-carto-common
Install openstreetmap-carto-common 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 openstreetmap-carto-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openstreetmap-carto-common
How To Uninstall openstreetmap-carto-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the openstreetmap-carto-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openstreetmap-carto-common
Uninstall openstreetmap-carto-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openstreetmap-carto-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openstreetmap-carto-common
Remove openstreetmap-carto-common Configurations and Data
To remove openstreetmap-carto-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openstreetmap-carto-common
Remove openstreetmap-carto-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openstreetmap-carto-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openstreetmap-carto-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openstreetmap-carto-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
