How To Install coquelicot on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install coquelicot on Debian 9. coquelicot is one-click file sharing web application with a focus on users privacy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coquelicot on Debian 9.

What is coquelicot

coquelicot is:

Coquelicot is a “one-click” file sharing web application with a focus on protecting users’ privacy.

Basic principle: users can upload a file to the server, in return they get a unique URL which can be shared with others in order to download the file.

Coquelicot aims to protect, to some extent, users and system administrators from disclosure of the files exchanged from passive and not so active attackers.

Coquelicot should be installed behind a non-buffering HTTPS reverse proxy like Apache, nginx or pound.

There are three methods to install coquelicot on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install coquelicot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install coquelicot

Install coquelicot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install coquelicot

Install coquelicot 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 coquelicot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coquelicot

How To Uninstall coquelicot on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove coquelicot

Uninstall coquelicot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall coquelicot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coquelicot

Remove coquelicot Configurations and Data

To remove coquelicot configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coquelicot

Remove coquelicot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coquelicot

Dependencies

coquelicot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coquelicot package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.