How to Install and Uninstall python-rtree Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "python-rtree" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install python-rtree on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python-rtree" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall python-rtree on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: python-rtree
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 399
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: all
Version: 0.8.2+ds-2
Provides: python2.7-rtree
Depends: libjs-jquery, libjs-underscore, libspatialindex-dev (>= 1.7.0), python-pkg-resources, python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-rtree/python-rtree_0.8.2+ds-2_all.deb
Size: 56784
MD5sum: 601e325f606e538184350dd2e08f70f9
SHA1: c77bd0e67ba9214221d10f28d6ca9dd31d8ee159
SHA256: 2e13e90f48bdc816c5844cd60bf6d7b3f5070f69e93b26029fa858635b97b023
Description-en: R-Tree spatial index for Python GIS - Python 2 module
Rtree is a ctypes Python wrapper of libspatialindex that provides a
number of advanced spatial indexing features for the spatially curious
Python user. These features include:
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* Nearest neighbor search
* Intersection search
* Multi-dimensional indexes
* Clustered indexes (store Python pickles directly with index entries)
* Bulk loading
* Deletion
* Disk serialization
* Custom storage implementation (to implement spatial indexing in ZODB,
for example)
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This package contains the module for Python 2.
Description-md5: 1aa69d21f33da2f6c774d0621461d5e9
Homepage: http://toblerity.org/rtree/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu