How To Install weborf-daemon 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 weborf-daemon on Ubuntu.
What is weborf-daemon
weborf-daemon is:
Weborf is a configurationless webserver mainly meant to allow users to easily share their directories over the web. Has limited support to webdav, allowing its use by GNOME and KDE filemanagers. It also supports cgi.
This package provides a SystemV daemon to start weborf using init.
There are three methods to install weborf-daemon 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 weborf-daemon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install weborf-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install weborf-daemon
Install weborf-daemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install weborf-daemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install weborf-daemon
Install weborf-daemon 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 weborf-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install weborf-daemon
How To Uninstall weborf-daemon on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the weborf-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove weborf-daemon
Uninstall weborf-daemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall weborf-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove weborf-daemon
Remove weborf-daemon Configurations and Data
To remove weborf-daemon configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge weborf-daemon
Remove weborf-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove weborf-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weborf-daemon
Dependencies
weborf-daemon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weborf-daemon package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.