How To Install ruby-mapscript on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mapscript on Debian 9.

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 9. 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 9

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 9, 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 9 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
• libproj12
• librsvg2-2
• libruby2.3
• libxml2
• zlib1g

References

• ruby-mapscript website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mapscript package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.