How To Install saga-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install saga-common on Kali Linux.

What is saga-common

saga-common is:

SAGA GIS (System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses) is a geographic information system used for editing and analysing spatial data.

This package contains the architecture independent files for SAGA.

There are three methods to install saga-common 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 saga-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 saga-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install saga-common

Install saga-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install saga-common

Install saga-common 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 saga-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install saga-common

How To Uninstall saga-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the saga-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove saga-common

Uninstall saga-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove saga-common

Remove saga-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge saga-common

Remove saga-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge saga-common

Dependencies

saga-common have the following dependencies:

References

• saga-common website

Summary

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