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