How To Install libmapserver2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmapserver2 on Debian 11.
What is libmapserver2
libmapserver2 is:
This package contains the shared library.
MapServer is a CGI-based framework for Internet map services which supports Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards. Scripting functionality in MapScript is provided by the suggested mapscript library packages.
There are three methods to install libmapserver2 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmapserver2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmapserver2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmapserver2
Install libmapserver2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmapserver2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmapserver2
Install libmapserver2 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmapserver2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmapserver2
How To Uninstall libmapserver2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libmapserver2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmapserver2
Uninstall libmapserver2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmapserver2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmapserver2
Remove libmapserver2 Configurations and Data
To remove libmapserver2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmapserver2
Remove libmapserver2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmapserver2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmapserver2
Dependencies
libmapserver2 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libfreetype6
- libfribidi0
- libgcc-s1
- libgdal28
- libgeos-c1v5
- libgif7
- libglib2.0-0
- libharfbuzz0b
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpng16-16
- libpq5
- libproj19
- libprotobuf-c1
- librsvg2-2
- libstdc++6
- libxml2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmapserver2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
