How To Install libaws18-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libaws18-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libaws18-dev is Ada Web Server development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaws18-dev on Debian 10.

What is `libaws18-dev`

libaws18-dev is:

AWS is a complete framework to develop Web based applications. The main part of the framework is the embedded Web server. This small yet powerful Web server can be embedded into your application so your application will be able to talk with a Web browser. Around this Web server a lot of services have been developed.

A Web parameters module. This module takes care of retrieving the forms or URL parameters and to build an associative table for easy access.
A session server, this is a very important module to be able to keep client’s data from page to page.
Support SOAP to develop Web Services.
A tool to generate Web Services stubs/skeletons from a WSDL document.
A template parser, this module makes it possible to completely separate the Web design from the code. No more scripting into your Web page.
Support for Secure Sockets (HTTPS/SSL), this is based on the GNU TLS library.
Support for large servers using dispatchers based on URI, request methods.
Support for virtual hosting (dispatchers based on the host name).
Support for server push.
A directory browser ready to be used in any application.
A status page to get many information about the current AWS server.
A log module. Log files keep information about all resources requested to the server.
Hotplug modules which can be loaded/unloaded dynamically to add specific features to a server.
A communication API to exchange data between applications using the HTTP protocol.
A configuration API to tune/change the server parameters without recompilation.
A client API to retrieve any Web page from a Web site.
A Web Page service to build a simple static page server.
Support for SMTP, LDAP and Jabber protocols.

There are three methods to install libaws18-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 libaws18-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 libaws18-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaws18-dev

Install libaws18-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaws18-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaws18-dev

Install libaws18-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 libaws18-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaws18-dev

How To Uninstall libaws18-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libaws18-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaws18-dev

Uninstall libaws18-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaws18-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaws18-dev

Remove libaws18-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libaws18-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaws18-dev

Remove libaws18-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaws18-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaws18-dev

Dependencies

libaws18-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaws18-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.