How To Install fiona on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fiona on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fiona
fiona is:
Fiona is a Python wrapper around the OGR vector data abstraction library. Fiona is designed to be simple and dependable. It focuses on reading and writing data in standard Python IO style and relies upon familiar Python types and protocols such as files, dictionaries, mappings, and iterators instead of classes specific to OGR. Fiona can read and write real-world data using multi-layered GIS formats and zipped virtual file systems and integrates readily with other Python GIS packages such as pyproj, Rtree, and Shapely.
This package provides the fiona command line tools
There are three methods to install fiona on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fiona Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fiona using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fiona
Install fiona Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fiona using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fiona
Install fiona 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 fiona using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fiona
How To Uninstall fiona on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fiona package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fiona
Uninstall fiona And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fiona and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fiona
Remove fiona Configurations and Data
To remove fiona configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fiona
Remove fiona configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fiona configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fiona
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fiona package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
