How To Install prepair on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prepair on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is prepair
prepair is:
prepair permits you to easily repair “broken” GIS polygons, and that according to the international standards ISO 19107. In brief, given a polygon stored in WKT, it automatically repairs it and gives you back a valid WKT. Automated repair methods can be considered as interpreting ambiguous or ill-defined polygons and giving a coherent and clearly defined output.
There are three methods to install prepair 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 prepair Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prepair using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prepair
Install prepair Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prepair using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prepair
Install prepair 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 prepair using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prepair
How To Uninstall prepair on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the prepair package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prepair
Uninstall prepair And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prepair and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prepair
Remove prepair Configurations and Data
To remove prepair configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prepair
Remove prepair configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prepair configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prepair
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prepair package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
