Altova MapForce Server 2025 Advanced Edition

This section describes the installation and licensing of MapForce Server on Linux systems (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat). The setup comprises the following steps:

1.Install MapForce Server

2.Install LicenseServer

3.Start LicenseServer

4.Register MapForce Server with LicenseServer

5.Assign a license to MapForce Server

The setup steps described above do not need to occur in exactly the same order in which they are listed. However, you do need to install before you start. And you do need to register MapForce Server with LicenseServer before you can assign a license to MapForce Server from LicenseServer.

System requirements (Linux)

•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or newer

•CentOS 7, CentOS Stream 8

•Debian 10 or newer

•Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04

•AlmaLinux 9.0

•Rocky Linux 9.0

Prerequisites

•Perform installation either as root user or as a user with sudo privileges.

•The previous version of MapForce Server must be uninstalled before a new one is installed.

•The following libraries are required as a prerequisite to install and run the application. If the packages below are not already available on your Linux machine, run the yum command (or apt-get if applicable) to install them.