How To Install osmctools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmctools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is osmctools
osmctools is:
Small collection of basic OpenStreetMap tools, include converter, filter and updater files.
Programs include: osmconvert - Converter of OSM files osmfilter - The experimental OSM filters data osmupdate - Update OSM files.
There are three methods to install osmctools 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 osmctools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install osmctools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install osmctools
Install osmctools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install osmctools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install osmctools
Install osmctools 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 osmctools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install osmctools
How To Uninstall osmctools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the osmctools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove osmctools
Uninstall osmctools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall osmctools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmctools
Remove osmctools Configurations and Data
To remove osmctools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge osmctools
Remove osmctools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove osmctools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmctools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmctools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
