How To Install cl-webactions on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-webactions on Ubuntu 18.04. cl-webactions is HTTP dispatch library for cl-aserve

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-webactions on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cl-webactions

cl-webactions is:

Webactions is Franz’s library for dispatching HTTP requests as well as processing HTML templates. It uses the cl-aserve package.

There are three methods to install cl-webactions 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 cl-webactions Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-webactions

Install cl-webactions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-webactions

Install cl-webactions 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 cl-webactions using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-webactions

How To Uninstall cl-webactions on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cl-webactions package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-webactions

Uninstall cl-webactions And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-webactions

Remove cl-webactions Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-webactions

Remove cl-webactions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-webactions

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Summary

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