Hiawatha is a lightweight and secure web server. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Hiawatha on Debian latest.
sudo user account or root accountBefore installing any new package on your Debian system, it’s recommended to update the system package repositories.
You can update the system by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
This command will update and upgrade the packages installed on your system.
The Hiawatha web server depends on some other packages to work efficiently. The required packages are:
You can install these packages by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev
To download the latest version of Hiawatha, follow the link https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/files/hiawatha.tar.gz
After downloading the package, extract it to any directory of your choice with the following command:
tar -xvzf hiawatha.tar.gz
To compile Hiawatha, navigate to the extracted directory and run the following commands:
cd hiawatha-*
make
sudo make install
To verify that Hiawatha is installed on your system, check if the server is running on http://localhost/.
You can also verify it by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo service hiawatha status
This command will show whether the Hiawatha server is running or not.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed the Hiawatha web server on your Debian system.
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