Tutorial: Installing TileServer GL on POP! OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will be installing TileServer GL on the POP! OS Linux distribution. TileServer GL is a lightweight tile server, which helps in serving vector and raster tiles. It is open-source and can easily be used with various mapping APIs.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have the following requirements:

• POP! OS Latest is installed.
• The terminal emulator is installed.

Step 1: Install Node.js

Before we proceed with the TileServer GL installation, we need to install Node.js. To do so, follow these commands in the terminal emulator:

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

To verify that Node.js is installed, run the following command:

node -v

This should show the installed version of Node.js.

Step 2: Install TileServer GL

We can now proceed with the TileServer GL installation. Follow these commands in the terminal emulator:

sudo npm install -g tileserver-gl

This will download and install TileServer GL.

Step 3: Run TileServer GL

With TileServer GL installed, we can now run it to serve vector and raster tiles. Follow these commands in the terminal emulator:

mkdir mytiles
cd mytiles
tileserver-gl-light mytiles.mbtiles

This will create a new directory called mytiles and cd into it. The tileserver-gl-light command will then start the server to serve tiles using the mytiles.mbtiles file.

You can now access the server by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080/.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install TileServer GL on the POP! OS Linux distribution. You can now use TileServer GL to serve vector and raster tiles with various mapping APIs.