How To Install mapproxy on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mapproxy

mapproxy is:

MapProxy is an open source proxy for geospatial data. It caches, accelerates and transforms data from existing map services and serves any desktop or web GIS client.

MapProxy is a tile server (WMS-C, TMS, WMTS, KML SuperOverlays), and also a fully compliant WMS server supporting any WMS client (desktop and web).

This package provides the mapproxy utilities.

There are three methods to install mapproxy 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 mapproxy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mapproxy

Install mapproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mapproxy

Install mapproxy 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 mapproxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mapproxy

How To Uninstall mapproxy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mapproxy

Uninstall mapproxy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mapproxy

Remove mapproxy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mapproxy

Remove mapproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mapproxy

Dependencies

mapproxy have the following dependencies:

• python3-mapproxy

References

• mapproxy website

Summary

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