How To Install spatialite-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spatialite-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is spatialite-bin
spatialite-bin is:
The SpatiaLite extension enables SQLite to support spatial (geometry) data in a way conformant to OpenGis specifications, with both WKT and WKB formats.
Spatialite also includes Virtualshape and Virtualtext to enable accessing shapefiles and csv/text files as virtual tables.
This package contains tools useful to manage SQLite databases.
There are three methods to install spatialite-bin 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 spatialite-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spatialite-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spatialite-bin
Install spatialite-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spatialite-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spatialite-bin
Install spatialite-bin 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 spatialite-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spatialite-bin
How To Uninstall spatialite-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the spatialite-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spatialite-bin
Uninstall spatialite-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spatialite-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spatialite-bin
Remove spatialite-bin Configurations and Data
To remove spatialite-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spatialite-bin
Remove spatialite-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spatialite-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spatialite-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spatialite-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
