How to Install libspatialite5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libspatialite5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libspatialite5 software package provides Geospatial extension for SQLite - libraries, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libspatialite5 

libspatialite5 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libspatialite5 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libspatialite5 *

You will get with libspatialite5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libspatialite5 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Libraries
Package libspatialite5
Version 4.1.1-5ubuntu1
Description Geospatial extension for SQLite - libraries
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libspatialite5 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?