How To Install yaws on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaws on Debian 9. yaws is High performance HTTP 1.1 webserver written in Erlang

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaws on Debian 9.

What is yaws

yaws is:

Yaws is a high performance HTTP 1.1 webserver written in Erlang. It is a multithreaded webserver where one Erlang light weight process is used to handle each client. Two separate modes of operation are supported.

This package includes binaries and config to run Yaws in standalone mode where it works as a regular webserver daemon.

There are three methods to install yaws 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 yaws Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install yaws using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yaws

Install yaws Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yaws using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yaws

Install yaws 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 yaws using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yaws

How To Uninstall yaws on Debian 9

To uninstall only the yaws package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yaws

Uninstall yaws And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yaws and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaws

Remove yaws Configurations and Data

To remove yaws configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yaws

Remove yaws configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove yaws configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaws

Dependencies

yaws have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaws package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.