How To Install maptool 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 maptool on Ubuntu.
What is maptool
maptool is:
Navit is a car navigation system with routing engine.
Its modular design is capable of using vector maps of various formats for routing and rendering of the displayed map. It’s even possible to use multiple maps at a time.
This package contains maptool, a tool to convert OpenStreetMap maps to the Navit format.
Note that maptool is only built on 64bit architectures.
There are three methods to install maptool 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 maptool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maptool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maptool
Install maptool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maptool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maptool
Install maptool 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 maptool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maptool
How To Uninstall maptool on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the maptool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maptool
Uninstall maptool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maptool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maptool
Remove maptool Configurations and Data
To remove maptool configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maptool
Remove maptool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maptool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maptool
Dependencies
maptool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maptool package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.