How To Install wapua on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wapua on Debian 10.
What is wapua
wapua is:
wApua is a web browser for browsing WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) pages written in the Wireless Markup Language (WML; versions 1.1 and 1.2 are supported). Its main purpose is to test or surf WAP pages locally or over HTTP and HTTPS without connecting with a WAP capable mobile phone, which may be expensive or impossible, i.e. in case of WAP pages on the local filesystem.
wApua is written in Perl using libwww-perl and Perl/Tk.
Included in the package is the command line front-end wbmp2xbm to wApua’s internal converter for decoding WAP Wireless Bitmaps (WBMP) into X Bitmaps (XBM).
There are three methods to install wapua on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wapua Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wapua using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wapua
Install wapua Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wapua using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wapua
Install wapua 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 wapua using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wapua
How To Uninstall wapua on Debian 10
To uninstall only the wapua package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wapua
Uninstall wapua And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wapua and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wapua
Remove wapua Configurations and Data
To remove wapua configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wapua
Remove wapua configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wapua configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wapua
Dependencies
wapua have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wapua package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
