How To Install witty on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install witty on Debian 9.
What is witty
witty is:
Wt (pronounced ‘witty’) is a C++ library and application server for developing and deploying web applications. The API is widget-centric and offers complete abstraction of any web-specific application details.
This package installs the Witty libraries
This is a dummy transition package and can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install witty 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 witty Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install witty using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install witty
Install witty Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install witty using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install witty
Install witty 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 witty using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install witty
How To Uninstall witty on Debian 9
To uninstall only the witty package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove witty
Uninstall witty And Its Dependencies
To uninstall witty and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove witty
Remove witty Configurations and Data
To remove witty configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge witty
Remove witty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove witty configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge witty
Dependencies
witty have the following dependencies:
- libwt40
- libwthttp40
- libwtext40
- libwtdbo40
- libwtdbosqlite40
- libwtdbopostgres40
- libwtdbofirebird40
- witty-examples
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install witty package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
