How To Install osmosis on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmosis on Kali Linux. osmosis is Command line OpenStreetMap data processor

Introduction

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

What is `osmosis`

osmosis is:

Osmosis consists of a series of components that can be chained together in order to perform operations on an OpenStreetMap database or OpenStreetMap XML or PBF files. Such operations include:

Generate and load dumps from and to a database.
Produce changesets comparing databases and files and applying them to other databases and files.
Sort data contained in a file.
Extract data contained in a bounding box or in a polygon.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osmosis

Install osmosis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osmosis

Install osmosis 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 osmosis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osmosis

How To Uninstall osmosis on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove osmosis

Uninstall osmosis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmosis

Remove osmosis Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge osmosis

Remove osmosis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmosis

Dependencies

osmosis have the following dependencies:

References

osmosis website

Summary

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