How To Install libwebsockets-test-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-test-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwebsockets-test-server
libwebsockets-test-server 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 several demonstration test servers.
There are three methods to install libwebsockets-test-server 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets-test-server
Install libwebsockets-test-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets-test-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebsockets-test-server
Install libwebsockets-test-server 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets-test-server
How To Uninstall libwebsockets-test-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwebsockets-test-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets-test-server
Uninstall libwebsockets-test-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebsockets-test-server 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
Remove libwebsockets-test-server Configurations and Data
To remove libwebsockets-test-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets-test-server
Remove libwebsockets-test-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets-test-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets-test-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-test-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
