How To Install apache2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. apache2-dev is Apache HTTP Server (development headers) Apache HTTP Server (development headers) Apache HTTP Server (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is apache2-dev

apache2-dev is:

The Apache HTTP Server Project’s goal is to build a secure, efficient and extensible HTTP server as standards-compliant open source software. The result has long been the number one web server on the Internet.

This package provides development headers and the apxs2 binary for the Apache 2 HTTP server, useful to develop and link third party additions to the Debian Apache HTTP server package.

It also provides dh_apache2 and dh sequence addons useful to install various Debian Apache2 extensions with debhelper. It supports

  • Apache 2 module configurations and shared objects
  • Site configuration files
  • Global configuration files

Package: apache2-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.3 Priority: optional Section: httpd Source: apache2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1001 Provides: dh-apache2 Depends: debhelper (>= 10), libapr1-dev, libaprutil1-dev, openssl, perl:any Filename: pool/main/a/apache2/apache2-dev_2.4.41-4ubuntu3.3_amd64.deb Size: 178988 MD5sum: 6b0a5b56b57f935ce57e6de567472f45 SHA1: b4369511c6bf381952f083c94e27b1b3d46c7df1 SHA256: 530fa5ffc944db04b158bb8f30830d1126a7ebb47563ba5b821300f458bdd83f SHA512: c8c493ec43d840e4236b3a1def4abb60cbd53b577dfd6e40fc5c45fc215d08a377a9f0cf562297d3c9c7047b0c335233e48914d17068a6264257e84a565bee1f Homepage: https://httpd.apache.org/ Description-en: Apache HTTP Server (development headers) The Apache HTTP Server Project’s goal is to build a secure, efficient and extensible HTTP server as standards-compliant open source software. The result has long been the number one web server on the Internet.

This package provides development headers and the apxs2 binary for the Apache 2 HTTP server, useful to develop and link third party additions to the Debian Apache HTTP server package.

It also provides dh_apache2 and dh sequence addons useful to install various Debian Apache2 extensions with debhelper. It supports

  • Apache 2 module configurations and shared objects
  • Site configuration files
  • Global configuration files

Package: apache2-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.4.41-4ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: httpd Source: apache2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1000 Provides: dh-apache2 Depends: debhelper (>= 10), libapr1-dev, libaprutil1-dev, openssl, perl:any Filename: pool/main/a/apache2/apache2-dev_2.4.41-4ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 178224 MD5sum: 72b81f3254a1592fbaf74ac3514c758a SHA1: 0160dd5295344e2e05c1e8ac8a76c38a750fbed7 SHA256: 63c16d3c5b2ae0044cc4bb7adc030e32b616f171f572d5aed89c5ccc93b87393 Homepage: https://httpd.apache.org/ Description-en: Apache HTTP Server (development headers) The Apache HTTP Server Project’s goal is to build a secure, efficient and extensible HTTP server as standards-compliant open source software. The result has long been the number one web server on the Internet.

This package provides development headers and the apxs2 binary for the Apache 2 HTTP server, useful to develop and link third party additions to the Debian Apache HTTP server package.

It also provides dh_apache2 and dh sequence addons useful to install various Debian Apache2 extensions with debhelper. It supports

  • Apache 2 module configurations and shared objects
  • Site configuration files
  • Global configuration files

There are three methods to install apache2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install apache2-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install apache2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apache2-dev

Install apache2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install apache2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install apache2-dev

Install apache2-dev 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 apache2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apache2-dev

How To Uninstall apache2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the apache2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apache2-dev

Uninstall apache2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall apache2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apache2-dev

Remove apache2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove apache2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apache2-dev

Remove apache2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove apache2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apache2-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache2-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.