How To Install libspatialindex6 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 libspatialindex6 on Ubuntu.
What is libspatialindex6
libspatialindex6 is:
Spatialindex is a C++ library that provides a framework for developing spatial indices. Currently it defines generic interfaces, provides simple main memory and disk based storage managers and a robust implementation of an R*-tree, an MVR-tree and a TPR-tree.
This package contains the SpatialIndex shared library.
There are three methods to install libspatialindex6 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 libspatialindex6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libspatialindex6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libspatialindex6
Install libspatialindex6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libspatialindex6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libspatialindex6
Install libspatialindex6 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 libspatialindex6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspatialindex6
How To Uninstall libspatialindex6 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libspatialindex6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libspatialindex6
Uninstall libspatialindex6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libspatialindex6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspatialindex6
Remove libspatialindex6 Configurations and Data
To remove libspatialindex6 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libspatialindex6
Remove libspatialindex6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libspatialindex6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspatialindex6
Dependencies
libspatialindex6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialindex6 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.