How To Install xavante on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xavante on Debian 10.
What is xavante
xavante is:
This package contains xavante, a Lua HTTP 1.1 Web server that uses a modular architecture based on URI mapped handlers. Xavante currently offers a file handler, a redirect handler and a CGILua handler. Those are used for general files, URI remapping and CGILua scripts respectively.
The CGILua handler is considered optional thus xavante just recommends the packages needed for that handler.
There are three methods to install xavante on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xavante Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xavante using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xavante
Install xavante Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xavante using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xavante
Install xavante 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 xavante using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xavante
How To Uninstall xavante on Debian 10
To uninstall only the xavante package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xavante
Uninstall xavante And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xavante and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xavante
Remove xavante Configurations and Data
To remove xavante configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xavante
Remove xavante configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xavante configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xavante
Dependencies
xavante have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xavante package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.