How To Install libnginx-mod-nchan on Debian 10

Learn how to install libnginx-mod-nchan on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libnginx-mod-nchan is Fast, flexible pub/sub server for Nginx

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-nchan on Debian 10.

What is libnginx-mod-nchan

libnginx-mod-nchan is:

Nchan is a scalable, flexible pub/sub server for the modern web, It can be configured as a standalone server, or as a shim between your application and tens, thousands, or millions of live subscribers. It can buffer messages in memory, on-disk, or via Redis. All connections are handled asynchronously and distributed among any number of worker processes. It can also scale to many nginx server instances with Redis.

Full documentation available at https://nchan.slact.net

There are three methods to install libnginx-mod-nchan 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 libnginx-mod-nchan 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-nchan using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnginx-mod-nchan

Install libnginx-mod-nchan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnginx-mod-nchan

Install libnginx-mod-nchan 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-nchan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnginx-mod-nchan

How To Uninstall libnginx-mod-nchan on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libnginx-mod-nchan package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnginx-mod-nchan

Uninstall libnginx-mod-nchan And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnginx-mod-nchan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnginx-mod-nchan

Remove libnginx-mod-nchan Configurations and Data

To remove libnginx-mod-nchan configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnginx-mod-nchan

Remove libnginx-mod-nchan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnginx-mod-nchan

Dependencies

libnginx-mod-nchan have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-nchan package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.