How To Install libwebsockets17 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets17 on Debian 12.
What is libwebsockets17
libwebsockets17 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 the main shared library.
There are three methods to install libwebsockets17 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 libwebsockets17 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets17 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets17
Install libwebsockets17 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets17 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebsockets17
Install libwebsockets17 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 libwebsockets17 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets17
How To Uninstall libwebsockets17 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libwebsockets17 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets17
Uninstall libwebsockets17 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebsockets17 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebsockets17
Remove libwebsockets17 Configurations and Data
To remove libwebsockets17 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets17
Remove libwebsockets17 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets17 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets17
Dependencies
libwebsockets17 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets17 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.