---
name: "geographiclib-get-geoids"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "geographiclib-tools"
version: "2.5-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/geographiclib-get-geoids"
---

# geographiclib-get-geoids(8)

## NAME

geographiclib-get-geoids -- a GeographicLib administrative tool

## DESCRIPTION

**geographiclib-get-geoids** downloads and installs the geoids datasets used by GeographicLib, \<https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io\>.  For documentation, supply the **-h** option:

    geographiclib-get-geoids -h

By default, the datasets are installed in */usr/share/GeographicLib/geoids* and the script requires write access to this directory.