How To Install dans-gdal-scripts on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dans-gdal-scripts on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dans-gdal-scripts
dans-gdal-scripts is:
Dan Stahlke’s GDAL contributed tools are a collection of useful programs to perform common raster operations. The included tools are: gdal_contrast_stretch, gdal_dem2rgb, gdal_get_projected_bounds, gdal_landsat_pansharpi, gdal_list_corners, gdal_merge_simple, gdal_merge_vrt gdal_raw2geotiff, gdal_trace_outline, gdal_wkt_to_mask, gdal_make_ndv_mask.
There are three methods to install dans-gdal-scripts 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 dans-gdal-scripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dans-gdal-scripts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dans-gdal-scripts
Install dans-gdal-scripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dans-gdal-scripts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dans-gdal-scripts
Install dans-gdal-scripts 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 dans-gdal-scripts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dans-gdal-scripts
How To Uninstall dans-gdal-scripts on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dans-gdal-scripts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dans-gdal-scripts
Uninstall dans-gdal-scripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dans-gdal-scripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dans-gdal-scripts
Remove dans-gdal-scripts Configurations and Data
To remove dans-gdal-scripts configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dans-gdal-scripts
Remove dans-gdal-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dans-gdal-scripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dans-gdal-scripts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dans-gdal-scripts package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
