How To Install tidy-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tidy-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tidy-proxy
tidy-proxy is:
Tidy-proxy is a small http proxy server written in perl. Using this proxy web-pages are checked for HTML errors with Tidy or Validate while they are downloaded. The results are displayed on top of that page. Tidy-Proxy is mainly intended for developing dynamic web-pages.
There are three methods to install tidy-proxy 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 tidy-proxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tidy-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tidy-proxy
Install tidy-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tidy-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tidy-proxy
Install tidy-proxy 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 tidy-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tidy-proxy
How To Uninstall tidy-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tidy-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tidy-proxy
Uninstall tidy-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tidy-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tidy-proxy
Remove tidy-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove tidy-proxy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tidy-proxy
Remove tidy-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tidy-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tidy-proxy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tidy-proxy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
