How To Install ruby-mapscript on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mapscript on Debian 10.
What is ruby-mapscript
ruby-mapscript is:
Ruby MapScript provides MapServer functions for Ruby scripts.
This package contains examples and the MapServer functions for Ruby.
MapServer is a CGI-based framework for Internet map services which supports Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards.
There are three methods to install ruby-mapscript on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ruby-mapscript Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mapscript using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mapscript
Install ruby-mapscript Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mapscript using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-mapscript
Install ruby-mapscript 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 ruby-mapscript using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mapscript
How To Uninstall ruby-mapscript on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ruby-mapscript package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-mapscript
Uninstall ruby-mapscript And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-mapscript and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mapscript
Remove ruby-mapscript Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-mapscript configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mapscript
Remove ruby-mapscript configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-mapscript configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mapscript
Dependencies
ruby-mapscript have the following dependencies:
- ruby
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libfreetype6
- libfribidi0
- libgdal20
- libgeos-c1v5
- libgif7
- libglib2.0-0
- libharfbuzz0b
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libmapserver2
- libpng16-16
- libpq5
- libproj13
- libprotobuf-c1
- librsvg2-2
- libruby2.5
- libxml2
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mapscript package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
