How To Install geos-bin on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geos-bin on Ubuntu.

What is `geos-bin`

geos-bin is:

GEOS provides a spatial object model and fundamental geometric functions. It implements the geometry model defined in the OpenGIS Consortium Simple Features Specification for SQL. Functions provided include:

spatial predicates (based on the DE-9IM model),
overlay functions (intersection, difference, union, symmetric difference),
buffer,
convex hull,
area and distance functions, and
topological validity checking

This package contains the utilities.

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

Install geos-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install geos-bin

Install geos-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geos-bin

Install geos-bin 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 geos-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geos-bin

How To Uninstall geos-bin on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the geos-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geos-bin

Uninstall geos-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geos-bin

Remove geos-bin Configurations and Data

To remove geos-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geos-bin

Remove geos-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geos-bin

Dependencies

geos-bin have the following dependencies:

References

geos-bin website

Summary

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