How To Install qgis on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qgis
on Kali Linux.
What is qgis
qgis is:
A Geographic Information System (GIS) manages, analyzes, and displays databases of geographic information. QGIS supports shape file viewing and editing, spatial data storage with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, projection on-the-fly, map composition, and a number of other features via a plugin interface. QGIS also supports display of various georeferenced raster and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) formats including GeoTIFF, Arc/Info ASCII Grid, and USGS ASCII DEM.
There are three methods to install qgis
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 qgis Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install qgis
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install qgis Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install qgis
using apt
by running the following command:
Install qgis 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.
After updating apt database, We can install qgis
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall qgis on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qgis
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall qgis And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qgis
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove qgis Configurations and Data
To remove qgis
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove qgis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qgis
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
qgis have the following dependencies:
- python3-qgis
- qgis-common
- qgis-providers
- qt5-image-formats-plugins
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libgdal28
- libgeos-c1v5
- libgsl25
- libqgis-analysis3.10.14
- libqgis-app3.10.14
- libqgis-core3.10.14
- libqgis-gui3.10.14
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5keychain1
- libqt5network5
- libqt5sql5
- libqt5webkit5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5xml5
- libstdc++6
- ocl-icd-libopencl1
- ocl-icd-libopencl1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qgis
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.