How To Install parser3-cgi on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install parser3-cgi on Debian 9. parser3-cgi is Parser 3, HTML-embedded scripting language (CGI binary)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install parser3-cgi on Debian 9.

What is parser3-cgi

parser3-cgi is:

This package provides the /usr/lib/cgi-bin/parser3 CGI interpreter built for use in Apache 2 with mod_actions, or any other CGI httpd that supports a similar mechanism.

Parser 3 - simple and convenient object-oriented language which allows creating good sites in short time.

Available features:

  • XML, XSL, XPath and DOM support
  • Available in documented source code
  • Uniformed database support
  • Support of object-oriented programmers
  • Detailed language documentation (160 pages!)
  • UTF-8 support

There are three methods to install parser3-cgi 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 parser3-cgi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install parser3-cgi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install parser3-cgi

Install parser3-cgi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install parser3-cgi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install parser3-cgi

Install parser3-cgi 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 parser3-cgi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install parser3-cgi

How To Uninstall parser3-cgi on Debian 9

To uninstall only the parser3-cgi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove parser3-cgi

Uninstall parser3-cgi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall parser3-cgi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove parser3-cgi

Remove parser3-cgi Configurations and Data

To remove parser3-cgi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge parser3-cgi

Remove parser3-cgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove parser3-cgi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge parser3-cgi

Dependencies

parser3-cgi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install parser3-cgi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.