How To Install saga-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install saga-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 saga-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install saga-common
How To Uninstall saga-common on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install saga-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
