How To Install tirex on Debian 12

Learn how to install tirex on Debian 12 with this tutorial. tirex is Daemon that renders raster map tile using different backends

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tirex on Debian 12.

What is tirex

tirex is:

Tirex consists of several tools to manage map raster tile rendering and caching. It contains the master daemon, rendering manager, backends for mapnik and testing, and assorted utility programs.

There are three methods to install tirex on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tirex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tirex

Install tirex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tirex

Install tirex 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 tirex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tirex

How To Uninstall tirex on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove tirex

Uninstall tirex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tirex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tirex

Remove tirex Configurations and Data

To remove tirex configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tirex

Remove tirex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tirex

Dependencies

tirex have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tirex package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.