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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libmapnik-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libmapnik-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmapnik-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmapnik-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libmapnik-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmapnik-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmapnik-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmapnik-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 8952
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: amd64
Source: mapnik
Version: 3.0.9+ds-1
Replaces: libmapnik2-dev (<< 2.2.0+ds1-1~)
Depends: libmapnik3.0 (= 3.0.9+ds-1), libc6-dev | libc-dev, libboost-filesystem-dev, libboost-system-dev, libboost-thread-dev, libboost-regex-dev, libboost-program-options-dev, libicu-dev, libharfbuzz-dev, libpng-dev, libjpeg-dev, libtiff-dev, zlib1g-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libxml2-dev, libproj-dev, libcairo2-dev, pkg-config, libpq-dev, libgdal-dev, libsqlite3-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev
Recommends: mapnik-doc
Breaks: libmapnik2-dev (<< 2.2.0+ds1-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mapnik/libmapnik-dev_3.0.9+ds-1_amd64.deb
Size: 689336
MD5sum: 9962872fda15003e29e7d37a29007691
SHA1: 5df4064768faafbf643e7fe60f92bf926687e8e2
SHA256: 52993072e76c2d063d9e0fdaa61d1fe6f4d5e91ad4ac15d8001a54be64a9c9dc
Description-en: C++ toolkit for developing GIS applications (devel)
Mapnik is an OpenSource C++ toolkit for developing GIS
(Geographic Information Systems) applications. At the core is a C++
shared library providing algorithms/patterns for spatial data access and
visualization.
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Essentially a collection of geographic objects (map, layer, datasource,
feature, geometry), the library doesn't rely on "windowing systems" and
is intended to work in multi-threaded environments
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This package contains the development headers, API documentation, and
build utilities.
Description-md5: fd0e8839490c2fcbdcb9c274208e9950
Homepage: http://www.mapnik.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu