How To Install lighttpd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lighttpd-dev
lighttpd-dev is:
This package contains the development header-files for lighttpd.
Package: lighttpd-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.4.55-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/web Source: lighttpd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian lighttpd maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 178 Suggests: lighttpd Filename: pool/universe/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-dev_1.4.55-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 34492 MD5sum: 5db898761cff7b63d7c105e4ba265537 SHA1: ff710a5fa1de907b717a247bf5ea3fea9c7e3a29 SHA256: d95cfa0125af02864846070aca0fc630424d0b06441cfd190c73913e11bd4fab Homepage: https://www.lighttpd.net/ Description-en: Development files for lighttpd This package contains the development header-files for lighttpd.
There are three methods to install lighttpd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lighttpd-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lighttpd-dev
Install lighttpd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lighttpd-dev
Install lighttpd-dev 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 lighttpd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lighttpd-dev
How To Uninstall lighttpd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lighttpd-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lighttpd-dev
Uninstall lighttpd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lighttpd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lighttpd-dev
Remove lighttpd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove lighttpd-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lighttpd-dev
Remove lighttpd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lighttpd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lighttpd-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.