How To Install cgi-mapserver on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgi-mapserver on Kali Linux.

What is cgi-mapserver

cgi-mapserver is:

This package contains the mapserv CGI program. It provides the MapServer template language, and can be used to implement Web Map Service applications.

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 cgi-mapserver on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cgi-mapserver Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cgi-mapserver using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cgi-mapserver

Install cgi-mapserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cgi-mapserver

Install cgi-mapserver Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cgi-mapserver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cgi-mapserver

How To Uninstall cgi-mapserver on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cgi-mapserver

Uninstall cgi-mapserver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cgi-mapserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgi-mapserver

Remove cgi-mapserver Configurations and Data

To remove cgi-mapserver configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cgi-mapserver

Remove cgi-mapserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cgi-mapserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cgi-mapserver

Dependencies

cgi-mapserver have the following dependencies:

• mapserver-bin

References

• cgi-mapserver website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgi-mapserver package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.