How to Install and Uninstall libgeos-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "libgeos-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libgeos-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgeos-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgeos-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libgeos-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgeos-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgeos-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libgeos-dev
Source: geos (3.12.1-1)
Version: 3.12.1-1+b1
Installed-Size: 248
Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgeos-c1v5 (= 3.12.1-1+b1)
Suggests: libgdal-doc
Size: 56292
SHA256: 343e7c06f208734a532053ed2a21054745956c45c6b578208419b88c76967d33
SHA1: 61e64a14a6595c0be3874f91b5d00b29f5d0528b
MD5sum: 15c7e413d5df743e40ee436d2db46a61
Description: Geometry engine for GIS - Development files
GEOS provides a spatial object model and fundamental geometric
functions. It implements the geometry model defined in the
OpenGIS Consortium Simple Features Specification for SQL.
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This package contains the headers and libraries needed to
develop programs using GEOS.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/
Tag: devel::lang:c++, devel::library, field::geography, implemented-in::c++,
role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/geos/libgeos-dev_3.12.1-1+b1_amd64.deb