How To Install python-mapproxy on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-mapproxy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-mapproxy is open source proxy for geospatial data - Python 2 module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mapproxy on Debian 10.

What is python-mapproxy

python-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 module for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-mapproxy 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 python-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 python-mapproxy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-mapproxy

Install python-mapproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-mapproxy

Install python-mapproxy 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 python-mapproxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-mapproxy

How To Uninstall python-mapproxy on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-mapproxy

Uninstall python-mapproxy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-mapproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mapproxy

Remove python-mapproxy Configurations and Data

To remove python-mapproxy configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mapproxy

Remove python-mapproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mapproxy

Dependencies

python-mapproxy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mapproxy package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.