How To Install ocsigenserver on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocsigenserver on Debian 9. ocsigenserver is web server of the Ocsigen project

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocsigenserver on Debian 9.

What is ocsigenserver

ocsigenserver is:

The Ocsigen project is aimed at proposing clean and safe tools for developing and running client/server Web 2.0 applications.

Ocsigen Server is a full featured Web server. It implements most features of the HTTP protocol, and has a very powerful extension mechanism that make very easy to plug your own OCaml modules for generating pages. Many extensions are available, like a reverse proxy, content compression, access control, authentication, etc.

There are three methods to install ocsigenserver 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 ocsigenserver Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ocsigenserver

Install ocsigenserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ocsigenserver using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ocsigenserver

Install ocsigenserver 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 ocsigenserver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ocsigenserver

How To Uninstall ocsigenserver on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ocsigenserver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ocsigenserver

Uninstall ocsigenserver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ocsigenserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocsigenserver

Remove ocsigenserver Configurations and Data

To remove ocsigenserver configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ocsigenserver

Remove ocsigenserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocsigenserver

Dependencies

ocsigenserver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocsigenserver package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.