How to Install and Uninstall lighttpd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "lighttpd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install lighttpd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall lighttpd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: lighttpd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.35-4ubuntu2.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian lighttpd maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 832
Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi
Depends: libattr1 (>= 1:2.4.46-8), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libgamin0 | libfam0, libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libpcre3, libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), perl, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) | systemd (>= 29.1), mime-support, libterm-readline-perl-perl
Recommends: spawn-fcgi
Suggests: openssl, rrdtool, apache2-utils, ufw
Filename: pool/universe/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.35-4ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 232570
MD5sum: 13e5f291c98c7776d2b64064f28ea1a7
SHA1: 5d556ff1390b251d69f4b4e5af5167435a1fa798
SHA256: d18fe1a9d7a7f7f650c2cb65bf61200a6de1f9cd9ca25291e47a18ae578a9d15
SHA512: 994f2cbc2cb0e7a82396c585089ff4f7eec8758e3649eba690ceb888585821ed86b9f696dc6ed4eeffa1383deec1fb81ae143b8de17eb60e12756b0f7a19ae6f
Homepage: http://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

Package: lighttpd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 832
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian lighttpd maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.35-4ubuntu2
Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi
Depends: libattr1 (>= 1:2.4.46-8), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libgamin0 | libfam0, libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libpcre3, libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), perl, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) | systemd (>= 29.1), mime-support, libterm-readline-perl-perl
Recommends: spawn-fcgi
Suggests: openssl, rrdtool, apache2-utils, ufw
Filename: pool/universe/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.35-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 232388
MD5sum: e0c09aee6e56a4ff08b660e756ac3130
SHA1: 29f4fac7fcbe3d1ac77697a288022a296d89f9fa
SHA256: 87a44c8f409e3f1f1773178b6a7730113488bcbd76c252985758c6866ee1a0bd
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
Homepage: http://lighttpd.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu