How to Install grass software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install grass software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

grass software package provides Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS GIS), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install grass 

grass is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep grass *

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

grass package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Science
Package grass
Version 7.0.3-1build1
Description Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS GIS)
Sub Section Science


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