How To Install grass on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grass
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is grass
grass is:
Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/map production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many government agencies and environmental consulting companies.
Install this virtual package to get a full GRASS system.
There are three methods to install grass
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 grass Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grass
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grass
Install grass Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grass
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grass
Install grass 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 grass
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grass
How To Uninstall grass on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the grass
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grass
Uninstall grass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grass
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grass
Remove grass Configurations and Data
To remove grass
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grass
Remove grass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grass
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grass
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grass
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.