How To Install libwebsockets8 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets8 on Debian 10.
What is libwebsockets8
libwebsockets8 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 shared library.
There are three methods to install libwebsockets8 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 libwebsockets8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets8
Install libwebsockets8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebsockets8
Install libwebsockets8 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 libwebsockets8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets8
How To Uninstall libwebsockets8 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libwebsockets8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets8
Uninstall libwebsockets8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebsockets8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebsockets8
Remove libwebsockets8 Configurations and Data
To remove libwebsockets8 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets8
Remove libwebsockets8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets8
Dependencies
libwebsockets8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets8 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
