How To Install webalizer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webalizer on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is webalizer
webalizer is:
The Webalizer was designed to scan web server log files in various formats and produce usage statistics in HTML format for viewing through a browser. The Webalizer produces yearly, monthly, daily and hourly statistics. In the monthly reports, various statistics may be produced to show overall usage, usage by day and hour, usage by visiting sites, URLs, user agents (browsers), referrers and country. The Webalizer is highly configurable by use of either command line options or a configuration file, allowing the program to be tailored to individual needs easily.
There are three methods to install webalizer 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 webalizer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install webalizer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webalizer
Install webalizer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webalizer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webalizer
Install webalizer 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 webalizer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webalizer
How To Uninstall webalizer on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the webalizer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webalizer
Uninstall webalizer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webalizer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webalizer
Remove webalizer Configurations and Data
To remove webalizer configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webalizer
Remove webalizer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webalizer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webalizer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webalizer package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.