How To Install apache2-utils on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

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

What is `apache2-utils`

apache2-utils is:

Provides some add-on programs useful for any web server. These include:

ab (Apache benchmark tool)
fcgistarter (Start a FastCGI program)
logresolve (Resolve IP addresses to hostnames in logfiles)
htpasswd (Manipulate basic authentication files)
htdigest (Manipulate digest authentication files)
htdbm (Manipulate basic authentication files in DBM format, using APR)
htcacheclean (Clean up the disk cache)
rotatelogs (Periodically stop writing to a logfile and open a new one)
split-logfile (Split a single log including multiple vhosts)
checkgid (Checks whether the caller can setgid to the specified group)
check_forensic (Extract mod_log_forensic output from Apache log files)
httxt2dbm (Generate dbm files for use with RewriteMap)

There are three methods to install apache2-utils on Ubuntu. 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apache2-utils

Install apache2-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apache2-utils

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

sudo aptitude -y install apache2-utils

How To Uninstall apache2-utils on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove apache2-utils

Uninstall apache2-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apache2-utils

Remove apache2-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge apache2-utils

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

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

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

Dependencies

apache2-utils have the following dependencies:

References

apache2-utils website

Summary

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