How To Install libwebsockets-test-server on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-test-server on Debian 9.
What is libwebsockets-test-server
libwebsockets-test-server is:
Libwebsockets is a lightweight pure C library for both websockets clients and servers built to use minimal CPU and memory resources and provide fast throughput in both directions.
This package contains several demonstration test servers.
There are three methods to install libwebsockets-test-server 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 libwebsockets-test-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets-test-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets-test-server
Install libwebsockets-test-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets-test-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebsockets-test-server
Install libwebsockets-test-server 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 libwebsockets-test-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets-test-server
How To Uninstall libwebsockets-test-server on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libwebsockets-test-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets-test-server
Uninstall libwebsockets-test-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebsockets-test-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebsockets-test-server
Remove libwebsockets-test-server Configurations and Data
To remove libwebsockets-test-server configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets-test-server
Remove libwebsockets-test-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets-test-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets-test-server
Dependencies
libwebsockets-test-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-test-server package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
