How To Install ocsigenserver on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocsigenserver on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ocsigenserver
ocsigenserver is:
The Ocsigen project is aimed at proposing clean and safe tools for developing and running client/server Web 2.0 applications.
Ocsigen Server is a full featured Web server. It implements most features of the HTTP protocol, and has a very powerful extension mechanism that make very easy to plug your own OCaml modules for generating pages. Many extensions are available, like a reverse proxy, content compression, access control, authentication, etc.
There are three methods to install ocsigenserver on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ocsigenserver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ocsigenserver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocsigenserver
Install ocsigenserver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocsigenserver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocsigenserver
Install ocsigenserver 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 ocsigenserver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocsigenserver
How To Uninstall ocsigenserver on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ocsigenserver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocsigenserver
Uninstall ocsigenserver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocsigenserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocsigenserver
Remove ocsigenserver Configurations and Data
To remove ocsigenserver configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocsigenserver
Remove ocsigenserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocsigenserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocsigenserver
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocsigenserver package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
