How To Install osmctools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmctools on Kali Linux.

What is osmctools

osmctools is:

Small collection of basic OpenStreetMap tools, include converter, filter and updater files.

Programs include: osmconvert - Converter of OSM files osmfilter - The experimental OSM filters data osmupdate - Update OSM files.

There are three methods to install osmctools 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 osmctools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osmctools

Install osmctools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osmctools

Install osmctools 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install osmctools

How To Uninstall osmctools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove osmctools

Uninstall osmctools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall osmctools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmctools

Remove osmctools Configurations and Data

To remove osmctools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osmctools

Remove osmctools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmctools

Dependencies

osmctools have the following dependencies:

• wget
• libc6
• zlib1g

References

• osmctools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmctools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.