Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal-perl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgdal-perl-doc
libgdal-perl-doc is:
As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the
calling application for all supported formats. The related OGR
library (which lives within the GDAL source tree) provides
a similar capability for simple features vector data.
GDAL supports 40+ popular data formats, including commonly used
ones (GeoTIFF, JPEG, PNG and more) as well as the ones used in
GIS and remote sensing software packages (ERDAS Imagine,
ESRI Arc/Info, ENVI, PCI Geomatics). Also supported many remote
sensing and scientific data distribution formats such as HDF,
EOS FAST, NOAA L1B, NetCDF, FITS.
OGR library supports popular vector formats like ESRI Shapefile,
TIGER data, S57, MapInfo File, DGN, GML and more.
This package contains the documentation of the Perl bindings for
GDAL/OGR library.
There are three methods to install libgdal-perl-doc 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 libgdal-perl-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdal-perl-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgdal-perl-doc
Install libgdal-perl-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdal-perl-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgdal-perl-doc
Install libgdal-perl-doc 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 libgdal-perl-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgdal-perl-doc
How To Uninstall libgdal-perl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgdal-perl-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgdal-perl-doc
Uninstall libgdal-perl-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgdal-perl-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdal-perl-doc
Remove libgdal-perl-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libgdal-perl-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgdal-perl-doc
Remove libgdal-perl-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgdal-perl-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdal-perl-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdal-perl-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
