How To Install libmapserver2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmapserver2 on Kali Linux.

What is libmapserver2

libmapserver2 is:

This package contains the shared library.

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 libmapserver2 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 libmapserver2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmapserver2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmapserver2

Install libmapserver2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmapserver2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmapserver2

Install libmapserver2 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 libmapserver2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmapserver2

How To Uninstall libmapserver2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmapserver2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmapserver2

Uninstall libmapserver2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmapserver2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmapserver2

Remove libmapserver2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmapserver2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmapserver2

Remove libmapserver2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmapserver2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmapserver2

Dependencies

libmapserver2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libfreetype6
• libfribidi0
• libgcc-s1
• libgdal28
• libgeos-c1v5
• libgif7
• libglib2.0-0
• libharfbuzz0b
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libpng16-16
• libpq5
• libproj19
• libprotobuf-c1
• librsvg2-2
• libstdc++6
• libxml2

References

• libmapserver2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmapserver2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.