How To Install aolserver4-core on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aolserver4-core on Ubuntu 18.04. aolserver4-core is AOL web server version 4 - core libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aolserver4-core on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is aolserver4-core

aolserver4-core is:

AOLserver is the web engine that powers America Online. It is capable of serving a very high number of users, and can host hundreds of virtual servers simultaneously within the same process.

It is similar in many respects to Zope, except based largely on Tcl. It is multi-threaded, and has a C API that can be used to extend its functionality.

This package provides the basic shared libraries which are needed by the daemon and are also useful for building add-on modules. It does not contain the AOLserver daemon, which is in aolserver4.

There are three methods to install aolserver4-core 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 aolserver4-core Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install aolserver4-core using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aolserver4-core

Install aolserver4-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aolserver4-core using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aolserver4-core

Install aolserver4-core 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 aolserver4-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aolserver4-core

How To Uninstall aolserver4-core on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the aolserver4-core package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aolserver4-core

Uninstall aolserver4-core And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aolserver4-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aolserver4-core

Remove aolserver4-core Configurations and Data

To remove aolserver4-core configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aolserver4-core

Remove aolserver4-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aolserver4-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aolserver4-core

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aolserver4-core package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.