How To Install python-geohash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-geohash on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-geohash
python-geohash is:
python-geohash provides fast and accurate geohash encoding and decoding functionality. Geohash is a latitude/longitude geocode system (a string representation of two dimensional geometric coordinates). In addition to geohash, this module also supports the quadtree, jpgrid (JIS X 0410) and jpiarea grid codes.
There are three methods to install python-geohash 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 python-geohash Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-geohash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-geohash
Install python-geohash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-geohash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-geohash
Install python-geohash 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 python-geohash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-geohash
How To Uninstall python-geohash on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-geohash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-geohash
Uninstall python-geohash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-geohash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-geohash
Remove python-geohash Configurations and Data
To remove python-geohash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-geohash
Remove python-geohash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-geohash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-geohash
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-geohash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
