How To Install avce00 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install avce00 on Ubuntu 20.04. avce00 is Conversion of ESRI Arcinfo Vector Coverage in E00 format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install avce00 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is avce00

avce00 is:

AVCE00 is a C library and group of tools that makes Arcinfo (binary) Vector Coverages appear as E00. It allows you to read and write binary coverages just as if they were E00 files.

There are three methods to install avce00 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install avce00 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install avce00 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install avce00

Install avce00 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install avce00 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install avce00

Install avce00 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 avce00 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install avce00

How To Uninstall avce00 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the avce00 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove avce00

Uninstall avce00 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall avce00 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove avce00

Remove avce00 Configurations and Data

To remove avce00 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge avce00

Remove avce00 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove avce00 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge avce00

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install avce00 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.