How To Install averell on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install averell on Ubuntu 22.04. averell is incredibly stupid web server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install averell on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is averell

averell is:

averell is an incredibly simple, but fast, web server based on the erlang/OTP application cowboy.

It is as simple to use as starting in a directory to serve it on port 8000 (default). Basic options include: enabling CORS, changing port, redirecting directories to index.html, etc.

There are three methods to install averell on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install averell Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install averell

Install averell Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install averell using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install averell

Install averell 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 averell using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install averell

How To Uninstall averell on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the averell package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove averell

Uninstall averell And Its Dependencies

To uninstall averell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove averell

Remove averell Configurations and Data

To remove averell configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge averell

Remove averell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge averell

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install averell package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.