How To Install letsencrypt.sh-apache2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install letsencrypt.sh-apache2 on Debian 9.
What is letsencrypt.sh-apache2
letsencrypt.sh-apache2 is:
This package provides an Apache2 config snippet to serve the http-01 challenge responses for letsencrypt.sh.
Installing this package together with letsencrypt.sh is enough to have a fully functional ACME client, including replying to the HTTP challenge.
letsencrypt.sh was the old name of this project, it has been renamed to dehydrated. This package depends on the new dehydrated-apache2 to easy the transition. Once any local script has been adapted it is safe to remove it.
There are three methods to install letsencrypt.sh-apache2 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 letsencrypt.sh-apache2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install letsencrypt.sh-apache2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install letsencrypt.sh-apache2
Install letsencrypt.sh-apache2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install letsencrypt.sh-apache2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install letsencrypt.sh-apache2
Install letsencrypt.sh-apache2 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 letsencrypt.sh-apache2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install letsencrypt.sh-apache2
How To Uninstall letsencrypt.sh-apache2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the letsencrypt.sh-apache2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove letsencrypt.sh-apache2
Uninstall letsencrypt.sh-apache2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall letsencrypt.sh-apache2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove letsencrypt.sh-apache2
Remove letsencrypt.sh-apache2 Configurations and Data
To remove letsencrypt.sh-apache2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge letsencrypt.sh-apache2
Remove letsencrypt.sh-apache2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove letsencrypt.sh-apache2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge letsencrypt.sh-apache2
Dependencies
letsencrypt.sh-apache2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install letsencrypt.sh-apache2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
