How To Install lighttpd-mod-magnet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-mod-magnet on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lighttpd-mod-magnet
lighttpd-mod-magnet is:
mod_magnet can attract a request in several stages in the request-handling. either at the same level as mod_rewrite, before any parsing of the URL is done or at a later stage, when the doc-root is known and the physical-path is already setup
There are three methods to install lighttpd-mod-magnet 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 lighttpd-mod-magnet 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-mod-magnet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lighttpd-mod-magnet
Install lighttpd-mod-magnet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-mod-magnet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lighttpd-mod-magnet
Install lighttpd-mod-magnet 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-mod-magnet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lighttpd-mod-magnet
How To Uninstall lighttpd-mod-magnet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lighttpd-mod-magnet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lighttpd-mod-magnet
Uninstall lighttpd-mod-magnet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lighttpd-mod-magnet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lighttpd-mod-magnet
Remove lighttpd-mod-magnet Configurations and Data
To remove lighttpd-mod-magnet configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lighttpd-mod-magnet
Remove lighttpd-mod-magnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lighttpd-mod-magnet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lighttpd-mod-magnet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-mod-magnet package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
