How To Install python-geopandas on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-geopandas on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-geopandas
python-geopandas is:
GeoPandas is a project to add support for geographic data to pandas objects. It currently implements
GeoSeriesandGeoDataFrametypes which are subclasses ofpandas.Seriesandpandas.DataFramerespectively. GeoPandas objects can act on shapely geometry objects and perform geometric operations.
GeoPandas geometry operations are cartesian. The coordinate reference
system (crs) can be stored as an attribute on an object, and is
automatically set when loading from a file. Objects may be
transformed to new coordinate systems with the to_crs() method.
There is currently no enforcement of like coordinates for operations,
but that may change in the future.
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-geopandas 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-geopandas 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-geopandas using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-geopandas
Install python-geopandas Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-geopandas using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-geopandas
Install python-geopandas 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-geopandas using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-geopandas
How To Uninstall python-geopandas on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-geopandas package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-geopandas
Uninstall python-geopandas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-geopandas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-geopandas
Remove python-geopandas Configurations and Data
To remove python-geopandas configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-geopandas
Remove python-geopandas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-geopandas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-geopandas
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-geopandas package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
