How to Install and Uninstall gdal-data Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 03,2025

You can also install and uninstall the gdal-data on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gdal-data" package

This tutorial shows how to install gdal-data on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gdal-data on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gdal-data package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gdal-data
Source: gdal
Version: 3.6.2+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 2621
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_3.6.2+dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 517888
MD5sum: 27da6ceb660bde0085dc03bbfb7a160f
SHA256: 43c744c5080ff25dc4f3a6bc601d30ee4febf7c77ad41858575df26d31fa423e