How to Install and Uninstall gdal-data Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "gdal-data" package

This is a short guide on how to install gdal-data on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gdal-data
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gdal-data" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gdal-data on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gdal-data
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gdal-data package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: gdal-data
Source: gdal
Version: 2.4.0+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 7180
Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: all
Description: Geospatial Data Abstraction Library - Data files
Description-md5: 81ef266f0ab038b3120be125843fe901
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gdal.org/
Tag: role::app-data
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gdal/gdal-data_2.4.0+dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 743932
MD5sum: 261bef9aeb29b8312f159d012e538643
SHA256: 6e0fce32cf2e85ad2539482087d712bf2258d05e1838f3586a17ad2dc6bb7410