gis-devel software package provides Geographic Information Systems (GIS) development, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gis-devel
gis-devel is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gis-devel package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gis-devel *
You will get with gis-devel package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 9 stretch |
| Section | Meta packages |
| Package | gis-devel |
| Version | 0.0.11 |
| Description | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) development |
| Sub Section | Meta packages |