How To Install node-mapnik on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mapnik on Debian 10.
What is node-mapnik
node-mapnik is:
node-mapnik provides bindings to the Mapnik tile rendering library.
Mapnik is an OpenSource C++ toolkit for developing GIS (Geographic Information Systems) applications. At the core is a C++ shared library providing algorithms/patterns for spatial data access and visualization.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-mapnik on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install node-mapnik Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install node-mapnik using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-mapnik
Install node-mapnik Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-mapnik using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-mapnik
Install node-mapnik 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 node-mapnik using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-mapnik
How To Uninstall node-mapnik on Debian 10
To uninstall only the node-mapnik package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-mapnik
Uninstall node-mapnik And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-mapnik and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-mapnik
Remove node-mapnik Configurations and Data
To remove node-mapnik configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-mapnik
Remove node-mapnik configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-mapnik configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-mapnik
Dependencies
node-mapnik have the following dependencies:
- mapnik-utils
- nodejs
- node-pre-gyp
- libboost-filesystem1.67.0
- libboost-regex1.67.0
- libboost-system1.67.0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfreetype6
- libgcc1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mapnik package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.