How to Install and Uninstall libgeos++-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libgeos++-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libgeos++-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libgeos-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 455
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: amd64
Source: geos
Version: 3.5.0-1ubuntu2
Depends: libgeos-c1v5 (= 3.5.0-1ubuntu2)
Suggests: libgdal-doc
Filename: pool/universe/g/geos/libgeos-dev_3.5.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 66526
MD5sum: c901187d9ae6637cac72a5853cb6f209
SHA1: 33b3d6964a1b2e5433b859050951087a53a091e4
SHA256: 5ff15a9c2562fab910c2402b6f37111e1d0b6ba726f0f6f918a2452826f1382e
Description-en: 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: 3f1f0c4d5fc2ab9465b9947eec04cda4
Homepage: http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu