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How To Install Lighttpd Web Server On Linux Mint 18.03

To Install Lighttpd Web Server On Linux Mint 18.0

Lighttpd is a free Secure and fast web server. It uses less memory when compared to other web servers. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of Lighttpd on Linux mint 18.03

Installation

Install Lighttpd web server run the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install lighttpd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gamin libgamin0 libterm-readkey-perl libterm-readline-perl-perl
Suggested packages:
  rrdtool apache2-utils
Recommended packages:
  spawn-fcgi
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gamin libgamin0 libterm-readkey-perl libterm-readline-perl-perl lighttpd
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 214 not upgraded.
Need to get 369 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,385 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libgamin0 amd64 0.1.10-5 [16.2 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 gamin amd64 0.1.10-5 [41.3 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libterm-readkey-perl amd64 2.33-1build1 [27.2 kB]
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Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for ufw (0.35-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libterm-readkey-perl (2.33-1build1) ...
Setting up libterm-readline-perl-perl (1.0303-1) ...
Setting up gamin (0.1.10-5) ...
Setting up libgamin0 (0.1.10-5) ...
Setting up lighttpd (1.4.35-4ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for ufw (0.35-0ubuntu2) ...

Start and enable the service for Lighttpd web server.

linuxhelp ~ # systemctl start lighttpd
linuxhelp ~ # systemctl enable lighttpd
Synchronizing state of lighttpd.service with SysV init with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install...
Executing /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable lighttpd

Open the web browser and navigate to http://192.168.7.125 or http://localhost

With this, the method to install Lighttpd on linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.

Tag : Lighttpd
FAQ
Q
What are the Lighttpd ​Configuration Options?
A
After installing lighttpd, we will begin by creating a file that defines the web server settings. Let’s call this ‘example.conf’ in the home directory. We will simply copy the default config
Q
How to make the Source code installation for Lighttpd?
A
Above RPM binary does not carries mod_rewrite and other stuff, so I had decided to rebuild lighttpd from source code (note source code installation is recommended for advanced users only):
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Q
how to start the lightttpd in linuxmint?
A
Start and enable the service for Lighttpd web server by following commands
# systemctl start lighttpd
# systemctl enable lighttpd
Q
which command to install the lighttpd in web server?
A
Install Lighttpd web server run the following command.
# apt-get install lighttpd
Q
what is the use of installing Lighttpd Web Server On Linux Mint 18.03?
A
Lighttpd is a free Secure and fast web server. It uses less memory when compared to other web servers.