How to Install and Uninstall lighttpd Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "lighttpd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install lighttpd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lighttpd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lighttpd" package

Learn how to uninstall lighttpd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lighttpd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lighttpd package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: lighttpd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.59-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian lighttpd maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1254
Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi, lighttpd-mod-access, lighttpd-mod-accesslog, lighttpd-mod-ajp13, lighttpd-mod-alias, lighttpd-mod-auth, lighttpd-mod-authn-file, lighttpd-mod-cgi, lighttpd-mod-dirlisting, lighttpd-mod-evasive, lighttpd-mod-evhost, lighttpd-mod-expire, lighttpd-mod-extforward, lighttpd-mod-fastcgi, lighttpd-mod-flv-streaming, lighttpd-mod-indexfile, lighttpd-mod-proxy, lighttpd-mod-redirect, lighttpd-mod-rewrite, lighttpd-mod-rrdtool, lighttpd-mod-scgi, lighttpd-mod-secdownload, lighttpd-mod-setenv, lighttpd-mod-simple-vhost, lighttpd-mod-sockproxy, lighttpd-mod-ssi, lighttpd-mod-staticfile, lighttpd-mod-status, lighttpd-mod-uploadprogress, lighttpd-mod-userdir, lighttpd-mod-usertrack, lighttpd-mod-vhostdb, lighttpd-mod-wstunnel
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libnettle8, libpcre3, libxxhash0 (>= 0.6.5), mime-support, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libgamin0
Recommends: spawn-fcgi, perl:any, lighttpd-mod-deflate, lighttpd-mod-openssl
Suggests: openssl, rrdtool, php-cgi, php-fpm (>= 7.4), apache2-utils, lighttpd-doc, lighttpd-mod-authn-gssapi, lighttpd-mod-authn-pam, lighttpd-mod-authn-sasl, lighttpd-mod-geoip, lighttpd-mod-maxminddb, lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl, lighttpd-mod-vhostdb-pgsql, lighttpd-mod-webdav, lighttpd-modules-dbi, lighttpd-modules-ldap, lighttpd-modules-lua, lighttpd-modules-mysql, ufw
Filename: pool/universe/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.59-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 350280
MD5sum: 50163f16765f137d5d9bc1ce55064a17
SHA1: 0c306a4b86aea6e8e98663253b8e92f183def877
SHA256: 67e9f0602ab0edf7f1a3ac3b78d2a596729b24fd0e9a97483394d39b3a06902a
SHA512: 6c5c9554b848bdebfb43e893c754fd54eca214dc2f6e194cf199080bfa026e774473326514902394faa28dd4c40d7a83b7860b6a05c42840184e08cb7219fdc6
Homepage: https://www.lighttpd.net/
Description-en: fast webserver with minimal memory footprint
lighttpd is a small webserver and fast webserver developed with
security in mind and a lot of features.
It has support for
* CGI, FastCGI and SSI
* virtual hosts
* URL rewriting
* authentication (plain files, htpasswd, LDAP)
* transparent content compression
* conditional configuration
* HTTP proxying
and configuration is straight-forward and easy.
Description-md5: 3cbd5b2dae1802558158d8c2aae494ab