How To Install qgis-server-wms on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qgis-server-wms on Ubuntu.

What is `qgis-server-wms`

qgis-server-wms is:

QGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS) which manages, analyzes and display databases of geographic information.

This package contains the WMS service.

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

Install qgis-server-wms Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qgis-server-wms

Install qgis-server-wms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qgis-server-wms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qgis-server-wms

Install qgis-server-wms 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install qgis-server-wms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qgis-server-wms

How To Uninstall qgis-server-wms on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the qgis-server-wms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qgis-server-wms

Uninstall qgis-server-wms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qgis-server-wms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qgis-server-wms

Remove qgis-server-wms Configurations and Data

To remove qgis-server-wms configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qgis-server-wms

Remove qgis-server-wms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qgis-server-wms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qgis-server-wms

Dependencies

qgis-server-wms have the following dependencies:

References

qgis-server-wms website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qgis-server-wms package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.