How To Install qgis-providers-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qgis-providers-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qgis-providers-common
qgis-providers-common is:
QGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS) which manages, analyzes and display databases of geographic information.
This package contains architecture-independent files for the QGIS providers.
There are three methods to install qgis-providers-common 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 qgis-providers-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qgis-providers-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qgis-providers-common
Install qgis-providers-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qgis-providers-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qgis-providers-common
Install qgis-providers-common 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 qgis-providers-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qgis-providers-common
How To Uninstall qgis-providers-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qgis-providers-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qgis-providers-common
Uninstall qgis-providers-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qgis-providers-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qgis-providers-common
Remove qgis-providers-common Configurations and Data
To remove qgis-providers-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qgis-providers-common
Remove qgis-providers-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qgis-providers-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qgis-providers-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qgis-providers-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
