How To Install mapserver-java on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mapserver-java in Fedora 36. mapserver-java is Java/Mapscript map making extensions to Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mapserver-java on Fedora 36.

What is mapserver-java

The Java/Mapscript extension provides full map customization capabilities within the Java programming language.

We can use yum or dnf to install mapserver-java on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mapserver-java.

Install mapserver-java on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mapserver-java using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mapserver-java

Install mapserver-java on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mapserver-java using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mapserver-java

How To Uninstall mapserver-java on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mapserver-java package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mapserver-java

mapserver-java Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib64/libjavamapscript.so
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/README
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/ConnPool.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/DrawMap.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/DumpShp.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/MakePoint.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/Metadata.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/OutputFormatList.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/QueryByAttribute.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/QueryByAttributeUnicode.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/RFC24.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/RunTimeBuiltWMSClient.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/ShapeInfo.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/WxSTest.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/examples/WxSTestNoThread.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/tests
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/tests/threadtest
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/tests/threadtest/MapTest.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/tests/threadtest/MapThread.java
/usr/share/doc/mapserver-java/tests/threadtest/README_THREADTEST.TXT
/usr/share/java/mapscript.jar

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mapserver-java on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).