How To Install python3-gdal on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gdal on Kali Linux. python3-gdal is Python 3 bindings to the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gdal on Kali Linux.

What is python3-gdal

python3-gdal is:

GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. The related OGR library (which lives within the GDAL source tree) provides a similar capability for simple features vector data.

GDAL supports 40+ popular data formats, including commonly used ones (GeoTIFF, JPEG, PNG and more) as well as the ones used in GIS and remote sensing software packages (ERDAS Imagine, ESRI Arc/Info, ENVI, PCI Geomatics). Also supported many remote sensing and scientific data distribution formats such as HDF, EOS FAST, NOAA L1B, NetCDF, FITS.

OGR library supports popular vector formats like ESRI Shapefile, TIGER data, S57, MapInfo File, DGN, GML and more.

This package contains Python 3 bindings for the GDAL/OGR library.

There are three methods to install python3-gdal on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-gdal Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gdal using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-gdal

Install python3-gdal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gdal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-gdal

Install python3-gdal Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gdal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-gdal

How To Uninstall python3-gdal on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-gdal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-gdal

Uninstall python3-gdal And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-gdal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gdal

Remove python3-gdal Configurations and Data

To remove python3-gdal configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gdal

Remove python3-gdal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-gdal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gdal

Dependencies

python3-gdal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gdal package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.