How To Install perlbal on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perlbal on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is perlbal
perlbal is:
Perlbal is a single-threaded event-based server supporting HTTP load balancing, web serving, and a mix of the two. Perlbal can act as either a web server or a reverse proxy.
One of the defining things about Perlbal is that almost everything can be configured or reconfigured on the fly without needing to restart the software. A basic configuration file containing a management port enables you to easily perform operations on a running instance of Perlbal.
Perlbal can also be extended by means of per-service (and global) plugins that can override many parts of request handling and behavior.
There are three methods to install perlbal 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 perlbal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install perlbal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install perlbal
Install perlbal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install perlbal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install perlbal
Install perlbal 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 perlbal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install perlbal
How To Uninstall perlbal on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the perlbal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove perlbal
Uninstall perlbal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall perlbal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove perlbal
Remove perlbal Configurations and Data
To remove perlbal configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge perlbal
Remove perlbal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove perlbal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perlbal
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perlbal package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
