How To Install twms on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install twms on Kali Linux. twms is tiny web map service

Introduction

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

What is twms

twms is:

twms is a WMS/TMS server for exporting your map tiles to WMS-enabled applications.

twms can export a set of raster tiles as a WMS service so GIS applications that support WMS protocol can access this tile set. Also, twms can act as a proxy and perform WMS requests to external services and serve the tile cache to WMS and TMS clients.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install twms

Install twms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install twms

Install twms 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 twms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install twms

How To Uninstall twms on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove twms

Uninstall twms And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove twms

Remove twms Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge twms

Remove twms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge twms

Dependencies

twms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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