How To Install libmapscript-java on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmapscript-java on Debian 9.

What is libmapscript-java

libmapscript-java is:

Java MapScript provides MapServer functions for Java applications.

MapServer is a CGI-based framework for Internet map services which supports Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards.

There are three methods to install libmapscript-java 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 libmapscript-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmapscript-java

Install libmapscript-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmapscript-java

Install libmapscript-java 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 libmapscript-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmapscript-java

How To Uninstall libmapscript-java on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmapscript-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmapscript-java

Uninstall libmapscript-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmapscript-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmapscript-java

Remove libmapscript-java Configurations and Data

To remove libmapscript-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmapscript-java

Remove libmapscript-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmapscript-java

Dependencies

libmapscript-java have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libfreetype6
• libfribidi0
• libgdal20
• libgeos-c1v5
• libgif7
• libglib2.0-0
• libharfbuzz0b
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libmapserver2
• libpng16-16
• libpq5
• libproj12
• librsvg2-2
• libxml2
• zlib1g

References

• libmapscript-java website

Summary

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