How To Install python-pycsw-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycsw-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pycsw-doc
python-pycsw-doc is:
pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python. pycsw fully implements the OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation Specification (Catalogue Service for the Web). Initial development started in 2010 (more formally announced in 2011). The project is certified OGC Compliant, and is an OGC Reference Implementation. Since 2015, pycsw is an official OSGeo Project. pycsw allows for the publishing and discovery of geospatial metadata via numerous APIs (CSW 2/CSW 3, OpenSearch, OAI-PMH, SRU). Existing repositories of geospatial metadata can also be exposed, providing a standards-based metadata and catalogue component of spatial data infrastructures. pycsw is Open Source, released under an MIT license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X).
This package is a transitional package from python-pycsw-doc to pycsw-doc. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install python-pycsw-doc 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-pycsw-doc 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-pycsw-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pycsw-doc
Install python-pycsw-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pycsw-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pycsw-doc
Install python-pycsw-doc 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-pycsw-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pycsw-doc
How To Uninstall python-pycsw-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pycsw-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pycsw-doc
Uninstall python-pycsw-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pycsw-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pycsw-doc
Remove python-pycsw-doc Configurations and Data
To remove python-pycsw-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pycsw-doc
Remove python-pycsw-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pycsw-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pycsw-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycsw-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
