How To Install libwebsockets-test-server-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-test-server-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwebsockets-test-server-common
libwebsockets-test-server-common is:
Libwebsockets is a lightweight pure C library for both websockets clients and servers built to use minimal CPU and memory resources and provide fast throughput in both directions.
This package contains data files for the demonstration test servers.
There are three methods to install libwebsockets-test-server-common 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 libwebsockets-test-server-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets-test-server-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets-test-server-common
Install libwebsockets-test-server-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets-test-server-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebsockets-test-server-common
Install libwebsockets-test-server-common 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 libwebsockets-test-server-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets-test-server-common
How To Uninstall libwebsockets-test-server-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwebsockets-test-server-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets-test-server-common
Uninstall libwebsockets-test-server-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebsockets-test-server-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebsockets-test-server-common
Remove libwebsockets-test-server-common Configurations and Data
To remove libwebsockets-test-server-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets-test-server-common
Remove libwebsockets-test-server-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets-test-server-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets-test-server-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-test-server-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
