How To Install rasterio on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rasterio on Kali Linux. rasterio is Command line tool for investigating geospatial rasters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rasterio on Kali Linux.

What is rasterio

rasterio is:

Rasterio reads and writes geospatial raster datasets.

Rasterio employs GDAL under the hood for file I/O and raster formatting. Its functions typically accept and return Numpy ndarrays. Rasterio is designed to make working with geospatial raster data more productive and more fun.

This package contains a command-line line interface to rasterio “rasterio” which can be used to inspect raster datasets.

There are three methods to install rasterio 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 rasterio Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rasterio

Install rasterio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rasterio using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rasterio

Install rasterio 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 rasterio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rasterio

How To Uninstall rasterio on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rasterio package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rasterio

Uninstall rasterio And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rasterio

Remove rasterio Configurations and Data

To remove rasterio configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rasterio

Remove rasterio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rasterio

Dependencies

rasterio have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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