Install Spatialite Tools on Ubuntu

Installing Spatialite Tools on Ubuntu

Follow these instructions to install Spatialite on Ubuntu.

Note: This was tested on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS.

Requirements:
sudo apt-get install expat libexpat1-dev zlib1g-dev
Instructions:
wget http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/readosm-1.0.0b.tar.gz
tar zxf readosm-1.0.0b.tar.gz
cd readosm-1.0.0b
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd ..
wget http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/spatialite-tools-4.1.1.tar.gz
tar zxf spatialite-tools-4.1.1.tar.gz
cd spatialite-tools-4.1.1
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd ..
Usage:

Now you should have access to all the tools.

Some tools may raise errors due to missing file e.g. missing file libspatialite.so.2. In such cases simply add the appropriate file to library path.

e.g.

sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib/libspaitalite.so.2