How To Install libwt40 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwt40 on Debian 9.
What is libwt40
libwt40 is:
Wt (pronounced ‘witty’) is a C++ library and application server for developing and deploying web applications. The API is widget-centric and offers complete abstraction of any web-specific application details.
This package contains the Wt core library but you still need to install a connector, either the HTTP connector (libwthttp), the FastCGI connector (libwtfcgi) or the test connector (libwttest).
There are three methods to install libwt40 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 libwt40 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwt40 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwt40
Install libwt40 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwt40 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwt40
Install libwt40 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 libwt40 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwt40
How To Uninstall libwt40 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libwt40 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwt40
Uninstall libwt40 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwt40 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwt40
Remove libwt40 Configurations and Data
To remove libwt40 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwt40
Remove libwt40 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwt40 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwt40
Dependencies
libwt40 have the following dependencies:
- libboost-date-time1.62.0
- libboost-filesystem1.62.0
- libboost-random1.62.0
- libboost-regex1.62.0
- libboost-system1.62.0
- libboost-thread1.62.0
- libc6
- libgcc1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwt40 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
