How to Install and Uninstall gmt-common Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gmt-common" package

This tutorial shows how to install gmt-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gmt-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gmt-common 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 gmt-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gmt-common
Source: gmt
Version: 6.4.0+dfsg-2
Installed-Size: 94457
Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: all
Replaces: gmt (<< 5.1.2), gmt-doc (<< 6.0.0~rc5), gmt-manpages (<< 5.1.2)
Depends: perl:any
Breaks: gmt (<< 5.1.2), gmt-doc (<< 6.0.0~rc5), gmt-manpages (<< 5.1.2)
Description: Generic Mapping Tools - Architecture-independent files
Description-md5: dcf5e74fa34468ea764f0d7dcdb33f3c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/
Tag: role::app-data
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gmt/gmt-common_6.4.0+dfsg-2_all.deb
Size: 81765848
MD5sum: b36f341fb9a531e329f3b0eb4c6a7131
SHA256: 2aef8c229bf2fd6fc0a0b8ca6773a9e536c457343803c9b62d7e9b86857ea1f7