How To Install phpwebcounter on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install phpwebcounter on Debian 9.
What is phpwebcounter
phpwebcounter is:
PHP script to show the number of hits in web pages using ASCII text or PNG images. You can use your custom PNG images. PHP Web Counter is a very easy-to-configure application.
It isn’t a CGI program and doesn’t require special things to work.
Demo site: http://phpwebcounter.sf.net
There are three methods to install phpwebcounter on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install phpwebcounter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install phpwebcounter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install phpwebcounter
Install phpwebcounter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install phpwebcounter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install phpwebcounter
Install phpwebcounter 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 phpwebcounter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install phpwebcounter
How To Uninstall phpwebcounter on Debian 9
To uninstall only the phpwebcounter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove phpwebcounter
Uninstall phpwebcounter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall phpwebcounter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpwebcounter
Remove phpwebcounter Configurations and Data
To remove phpwebcounter configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge phpwebcounter
Remove phpwebcounter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove phpwebcounter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpwebcounter
Dependencies
phpwebcounter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install phpwebcounter package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.