How To Install wbox on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wbox on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wbox
wbox is:
Wbox aims to help you having fun while testing HTTP related stuff. You can use it to perform many tasks, including the following.
- Benchmarking how much time it takes to generate content for your web application.
- Web server and web application stressing.
- Testing virtual domains configuration without the need to alter your local resolver.
- Check if your redirects are working correctly emitting the right HTTP code.
- Test if the HTTP compression is working and if it is actually serving pages faster.
- Use it as a configuration-less HTTP server to share files! (it’s as simple as % wbox servermode webroot /tmp)
There are three methods to install wbox 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 wbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wbox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wbox
Install wbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wbox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wbox
Install wbox 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 wbox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wbox
How To Uninstall wbox on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wbox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wbox
Uninstall wbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wbox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wbox
Remove wbox Configurations and Data
To remove wbox configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wbox
Remove wbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wbox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wbox
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wbox package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
