How To Install nginx-confgen on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-confgen on Debian 11.
What is nginx-confgen
nginx-confgen is:
This is a preprocessor and macro system for nginx(-like) configuration files. It can be used to do pre-processing for nginx configuration files (and other configuration files with a similar syntax). It has support for “compile-time” macro expansion and variable interpolation, which should make it less tedious to maintain large and complex configurations.
There are three methods to install nginx-confgen 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 nginx-confgen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nginx-confgen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nginx-confgen
Install nginx-confgen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nginx-confgen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nginx-confgen
Install nginx-confgen 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 nginx-confgen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nginx-confgen
How To Uninstall nginx-confgen on Debian 11
To uninstall only the nginx-confgen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nginx-confgen
Uninstall nginx-confgen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nginx-confgen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nginx-confgen
Remove nginx-confgen Configurations and Data
To remove nginx-confgen configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nginx-confgen
Remove nginx-confgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nginx-confgen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nginx-confgen
Dependencies
nginx-confgen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-confgen package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
