How To Install tilecache on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tilecache on Debian 9.
What is tilecache
tilecache is:
TileCache is an implementation of a WMS-C compliant server made available by MetaCarta. TileCache provides a Python-based WMS/TMS server, with pluggable caching mechanisms and rendering backends. In the simplest use case, TileCache requires only write access to a disk, the ability to run Python CGI scripts, and a WMS you want to be cached. With these resources, you can create your own local disk-based cache of any WMS server, and use the result in any WMS-C supporting client, like OpenLayers, or any TMS supporting client, like OpenLayers and worldKit.
There are three methods to install tilecache 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 tilecache Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tilecache using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tilecache
Install tilecache Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tilecache using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tilecache
Install tilecache 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 tilecache using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tilecache
How To Uninstall tilecache on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tilecache package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tilecache
Uninstall tilecache And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tilecache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tilecache
Remove tilecache Configurations and Data
To remove tilecache configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tilecache
Remove tilecache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tilecache configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tilecache
Dependencies
tilecache have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tilecache package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
