How To Install python3-mapbox-earcut on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-mapbox-earcut on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-mapbox-earcut is Python bindings for the Mapbox Earcut library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mapbox-earcut on Debian 12.

What is python3-mapbox-earcut

python3-mapbox-earcut is:

The Mapbox Earcut library implements a modified ear slicing algorithm, optimized by z-order curve hashing and extended to handle holes, twisted polygons, degeneracies and self-intersections in a way that doesn’t guarantee correctness of triangulation, but attempts to always produce acceptable results for practical data like geographical shapes.

This package provides Python 3 bindings.

There are three methods to install python3-mapbox-earcut on Debian 12. 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-mapbox-earcut 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-mapbox-earcut using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-mapbox-earcut

Install python3-mapbox-earcut Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-mapbox-earcut

Install python3-mapbox-earcut 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-mapbox-earcut

How To Uninstall python3-mapbox-earcut on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-mapbox-earcut

Uninstall python3-mapbox-earcut And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-mapbox-earcut and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mapbox-earcut

Remove python3-mapbox-earcut Configurations and Data

To remove python3-mapbox-earcut configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mapbox-earcut

Remove python3-mapbox-earcut configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-mapbox-earcut

Dependencies

python3-mapbox-earcut have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mapbox-earcut package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.