How To Install libapache2-mod-form-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libapache2-mod-form-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libapache2-mod-form-dev is Apache module to decode data submitted from Web forms (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-form-dev on Debian 10.

What is libapache2-mod-form-dev

libapache2-mod-form-dev is:

mod_form is an Apache module to decode data submitted from Web forms. The decoded data is made available to other Apache modules through two optional functions exported by mod_form with APR_DECLARE_OPTIONAL_FN.

It deals with both GET and POST methods where the data are encoded using the default content type application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

This package contains the development files for Apache modules that wish to rely on mod_form.

There are three methods to install libapache2-mod-form-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libapache2-mod-form-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-form-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libapache2-mod-form-dev

Install libapache2-mod-form-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-form-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libapache2-mod-form-dev

Install libapache2-mod-form-dev 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 libapache2-mod-form-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapache2-mod-form-dev

How To Uninstall libapache2-mod-form-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libapache2-mod-form-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-form-dev

Uninstall libapache2-mod-form-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapache2-mod-form-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapache2-mod-form-dev

Remove libapache2-mod-form-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libapache2-mod-form-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapache2-mod-form-dev

Remove libapache2-mod-form-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libapache2-mod-form-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapache2-mod-form-dev

Dependencies

libapache2-mod-form-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-form-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.