How To Install witty-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install witty-dev on Debian 9.
What is witty-dev
witty-dev 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 development files for building software that uses the Wt libraries.
This is a dummy transition package and can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install witty-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install witty-dev
Install witty-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install witty-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install witty-dev
Install witty-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install witty-dev
How To Uninstall witty-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the witty-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove witty-dev
Uninstall witty-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall witty-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove witty-dev
Remove witty-dev Configurations and Data
To remove witty-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge witty-dev
Remove witty-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove witty-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge witty-dev
Dependencies
witty-dev have the following dependencies:
- libwt-dev
- libwthttp-dev
- libwtext-dev
- libwtdbo-dev
- libwtdbosqlite-dev
- libwtdbopostgres-dev
- libwtdbofirebird-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install witty-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
