Hiawatha is a lightweight and fast web server that is known for its excellent security features. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Hiawatha on your Linux Mint latest version.
Before installing Hiawatha, ensure that you have met the following prerequisites:
Follow the steps below to install Hiawatha on your Linux Mint latest version:
Open the terminal window
Update your system packages by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update
Install Hiawatha from the official website by downloading the latest version of the source code:
Go to https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/download/ to download the latest version of Hiawatha.
wget https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/files/hiawatha-<version>.tar.gz
For example, to download version 10.10:
wget https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/files/hiawatha-10.10.tar.gz
Then extract the downloaded files:
tar -xzvf hiawatha-<version>.tar.gz
For example, for version 10.10:
tar -xzvf hiawatha-10.10.tar.gz
This will extract the Hiawatha folder with all necessary files.
Install the required packages
Hiawatha requires several packages to run correctly. Install them by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libxslt1-dev libpcre3-dev libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev
Change to the extracted folder
cd hiawatha-<version>
Run the following commands to compile and install Hiawatha:
sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-openssl
sudo make
sudo make install
After installation, start Hiawatha by running the following command:
sudo /usr/sbin/hiawatha
Now you can access Hiawatha at http://localhost.
You have now successfully installed Hiawatha on your Linux Mint latest version, and you can proceed to create or host your website with it. Hiawatha is a robust and secure web server that can handle high traffic with ease.
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