How To Install urweb on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install urweb on Ubuntu 20.04. urweb is purely functional language for web programming

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install urweb on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is urweb

urweb is:

Ur is a pure, functional, statically typed, strict programming language in the tradition of ML and Haskell; however, it features a significantly richer type system. Ur/Web is Ur plus a special standard library and associated rules for parsing and optimization. Ur/Web supports constructing dynamic web applications backed by SQL databases.

This package provides the urweb compiler and development libraries; you do not need to install it to run applications written in Ur/Web.

There are three methods to install urweb on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install urweb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install urweb

Install urweb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install urweb

Install urweb 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install urweb

How To Uninstall urweb on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove urweb

Uninstall urweb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall urweb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove urweb

Remove urweb Configurations and Data

To remove urweb configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge urweb

Remove urweb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge urweb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install urweb package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.