How To Install libfcgi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfcgi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfcgi-dev
libfcgi-dev is:
FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitations of server specific APIs.
This package contains the header files, symlinks and static libraries which are needed to develop applications based on libfcgi.
There are three methods to install libfcgi-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 libfcgi-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 libfcgi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfcgi-dev
Install libfcgi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfcgi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfcgi-dev
Install libfcgi-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 libfcgi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfcgi-dev
How To Uninstall libfcgi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfcgi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfcgi-dev
Uninstall libfcgi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfcgi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfcgi-dev
Remove libfcgi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfcgi-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfcgi-dev
Remove libfcgi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfcgi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfcgi-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfcgi-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
