How To Install spatialite-gui on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spatialite-gui on Kali Linux.
What is spatialite-gui
spatialite-gui is:
spatialite-gui is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for SpatiaLite.
SpatiaLite is a SQLite extension that enables support of 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.
There are three methods to install spatialite-gui 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 spatialite-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install spatialite-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spatialite-guiInstall spatialite-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install spatialite-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spatialite-guiInstall spatialite-gui 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install spatialite-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spatialite-guiHow To Uninstall spatialite-gui on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the spatialite-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spatialite-guiUninstall spatialite-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spatialite-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spatialite-guiRemove spatialite-gui Configurations and Data
To remove spatialite-gui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spatialite-guiRemove spatialite-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spatialite-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spatialite-guiDependencies
spatialite-gui have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libfreexl1
- libgcc-s1
- libgeos-c1v5
- libpq5
- libproj19
- librasterlite2-1
- libspatialite7
- libsqlite3-0
- libstdc++6
- libvirtualpg0
- libwxbase3.0-0v5
- libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5
- zlib1g
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spatialite-gui package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
