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

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "libproj-dev" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libproj-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libproj-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 981
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: amd64
Source: proj
Version: 4.9.2-2
Depends: libproj9 (= 4.9.2-2)
Suggests: proj-bin
Filename: pool/universe/p/proj/libproj-dev_4.9.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 180960
MD5sum: 6fdc397e3e59a2323942cf4ed5ebdab7
SHA1: 45d4ddc8d7204883a60bea8bb9f93a20b84d9933
SHA256: 76f760ec281424ef0bbf24e308eb62942750ca5165cde792fdfa7c4dacc5ac61
Description-en: Cartographic projection library (development files)
Proj and invproj perform respective forward and inverse transformation
of cartographic data to or from Cartesian data with a wide range of
selectable projection functions (over 100 projections).
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Geod and invgeod perform geodesic (Great Circle) computations for
determining latitude, longitude and back azimuth of a terminus point given
a initial point latitude, longitude, azimuth and distance (direct) or the
forward and back azimuths and distance between an initial and terminus
point latitudes and longitudes (inverse).
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This package provides the PROJ4 development files.
Description-md5: ad9b308cb6ce75249959eb9cab605eb3
Homepage: http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu