How To Install libapache2-mod-tile on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-tile on Debian 12.
What is libapache2-mod-tile
libapache2-mod-tile is:
mod_tile is a system to serve raster tiles for example to use within a slippy map. It provides a dynamic combination of efficient caching and on the fly rendering. Due to its dynamic rendering, only a small fraction of overall tiles need to be kept on disk, reducing the resources required. At the same time, its caching strategy allows for a high performance serving and can support several thousand requests per second.
mod_tile was originally written for serving the tiles of the main OpenStreetMap map (Mapnik layer), but since is being used on a variety of different servers providing maps on top of OpenStreetMap data.
This package contains the Apache module that receives map tiles requests and satisfies them from tiles stored on disk, or queries a renderd instance to create them.
There are three methods to install libapache2-mod-tile on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libapache2-mod-tile Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-tile using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libapache2-mod-tile
Install libapache2-mod-tile Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-tile using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libapache2-mod-tile
Install libapache2-mod-tile 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 libapache2-mod-tile using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapache2-mod-tile
How To Uninstall libapache2-mod-tile on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libapache2-mod-tile package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-tile
Uninstall libapache2-mod-tile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapache2-mod-tile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapache2-mod-tile
Remove libapache2-mod-tile Configurations and Data
To remove libapache2-mod-tile configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libapache2-mod-tile
Remove libapache2-mod-tile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapache2-mod-tile configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapache2-mod-tile
Dependencies
libapache2-mod-tile have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-tile package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
