How To Install lua-wsapi-fcgi on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-wsapi-fcgi on Debian 11. lua-wsapi-fcgi is Web server API fastcgi backend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-wsapi-fcgi on Debian 11.

What is lua-wsapi-fcgi

lua-wsapi-fcgi is:

WSAPI is an API that abstracts the web server for Lua web applications, allowing the same application to be used in different web servers.

This package contains the backend for the fastcgi protocol.

There are three methods to install lua-wsapi-fcgi on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lua-wsapi-fcgi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lua-wsapi-fcgi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-wsapi-fcgi

Install lua-wsapi-fcgi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lua-wsapi-fcgi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lua-wsapi-fcgi

Install lua-wsapi-fcgi 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 lua-wsapi-fcgi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-wsapi-fcgi

How To Uninstall lua-wsapi-fcgi on Debian 11

To uninstall only the lua-wsapi-fcgi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lua-wsapi-fcgi

Uninstall lua-wsapi-fcgi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-wsapi-fcgi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-wsapi-fcgi

Remove lua-wsapi-fcgi Configurations and Data

To remove lua-wsapi-fcgi configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-wsapi-fcgi

Remove lua-wsapi-fcgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lua-wsapi-fcgi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-wsapi-fcgi

Dependencies

lua-wsapi-fcgi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-wsapi-fcgi package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.