How To Install tinyows on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyows on Kali Linux.
What is tinyows
tinyows is:
TinyOWS is a lightweight and fast implementation of the OGC WFS-T specification. Web Feature Service (WFS) allows querying and retrieval of features. The transactional profile (WFS-T) allows inserting, updating or deleting such features.
From a technical point of view WFS-T is a Web Service API in front of a spatial database. TinyOWS is deeply tied to PostgreSQL/PostGIS because of this.
TinyOWS implements strictly OGC standards and pass successfully all WFS OGC CITE tests (and even beta ones).
TinyOWS is part of MapServer Suite, but provided as a distinct module (i.e you could use it in conjunction with MapServer and MapCache, or as a standalone app). But both MapServer and TinyOWS could use the same configuration file, if you want to (or native TinyOWS XML config file).
There are three methods to install tinyows 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 tinyows Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tinyows using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tinyowsInstall tinyows Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tinyows using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tinyowsInstall tinyows 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tinyows using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tinyowsHow To Uninstall tinyows on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the tinyows package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tinyowsUninstall tinyows And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tinyows and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinyowsRemove tinyows Configurations and Data
To remove tinyows configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tinyowsRemove tinyows configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tinyows configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinyowsDependencies
tinyows have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyows package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
