How To Install aolserver4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aolserver4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. aolserver4-dev is AOL web server version 4 - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aolserver4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is aolserver4-dev

aolserver4-dev is:

AOLserver is the web engine that powers America Online. It is capable of serving a very high number of users, and can host hundreds of virtual servers simultaneously within the same process.

It is similar in many respects to Zope, except based largely on Tcl. It is multi-threaded, and has a C API that can be used to extend its functionality.

This package contains header files and libraries needed to develop applications based on AOLserver.

There are three methods to install aolserver4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aolserver4-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 aolserver4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aolserver4-dev

Install aolserver4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aolserver4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aolserver4-dev

Install aolserver4-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install aolserver4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aolserver4-dev

How To Uninstall aolserver4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the aolserver4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aolserver4-dev

Uninstall aolserver4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aolserver4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aolserver4-dev

Remove aolserver4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove aolserver4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aolserver4-dev

Remove aolserver4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aolserver4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aolserver4-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aolserver4-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.