How To Install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static on Debian 12

Learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static is Brotli lossless compression support for Nginx - static

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static on Debian 12.

What is libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static

libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static is:

Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data using a combination of a modern variant of the LZ77 algorithm, Huffman coding and 2nd order context modeling, with a compression ratio comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods. It is similar in speed with deflate but offers more dense compression.

ngx_brotli static module - used to serve pre-compressed files

There are three methods to install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static

Install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static

Install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static 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 libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static

How To Uninstall libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static

Uninstall libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static

Remove libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static Configurations and Data

To remove libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static

Remove libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static

Dependencies

libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-brotli-static package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.