How To Install varnish-modules on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install varnish-modules on Debian 12.
What is varnish-modules
varnish-modules is:
This is a collection of modules (“vmods”) extending Varnish VCL used for describing HTTP request/response policies with additional capabilities. Included:
- Variable support
- Request and bandwidth throttling
- Modify and change complex HTTP headers
- 3.0-style saint mode
- Advanced cache invalidations, and more.
This collection contains the following vmods: accept, bodyaccess, header, saintmode, str, tcp, var, vsthrottle, xkey,
There are three methods to install varnish-modules on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install varnish-modules Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install varnish-modules using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install varnish-modules
Install varnish-modules Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install varnish-modules using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install varnish-modules
Install varnish-modules 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 varnish-modules using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install varnish-modules
How To Uninstall varnish-modules on Debian 12
To uninstall only the varnish-modules package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove varnish-modules
Uninstall varnish-modules And Its Dependencies
To uninstall varnish-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove varnish-modules
Remove varnish-modules Configurations and Data
To remove varnish-modules configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge varnish-modules
Remove varnish-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove varnish-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge varnish-modules
Dependencies
varnish-modules have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install varnish-modules package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
