How To Install pktools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install pktools on Debian 9. pktools is GDAL add-on tools to perform useful raster processing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pktools on Debian 9.

What is pktools

pktools is:

Pktools is a collection of programs to perform operations, mostly on raster geolocated images. It heavily relies on the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) and OGR. The programs are similar to the GDAL tools (gdalinfo, gdal_translate, gdal_merge, …) and some of the functionalities provided in pktools already exist in the GDAL tools.

All utilities in pktools use command line options and have a built in help. They include more than thirty binaries to edit, change, crop, classify, compare, dump, fill, enhance images and many other common operations useful in the remote sensing field of image analysis.

There are three methods to install pktools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pktools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pktools

Install pktools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pktools

Install pktools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install pktools

How To Uninstall pktools on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove pktools

Uninstall pktools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pktools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pktools

Remove pktools Configurations and Data

To remove pktools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pktools

Remove pktools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pktools

Dependencies

pktools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pktools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.