How To Install m2sh on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install mongrel2-core

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is m2sh and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install m2sh on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install m2sh using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install m2sh using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mongrel2-core

Install m2sh using apt

Because m2sh is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install m2sh using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mongrel2-core

Install m2sh using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install m2sh by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mongrel2-core

How to upgrade (update) a single package m2sh using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the m2sh, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install mongrel2-core

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install mongrel2-core

How To Uninstall m2sh from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the m2sh package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mongrel2-core

Uninstall m2sh and all its dependencies

To uninstall m2sh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mongrel2-core

Remove m2sh with all configurations and data

To remove m2sh configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mongrel2-core

Remove m2sh completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to m2sh package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mongrel2-core

Extra info and code examples

Mongrel2 is an application, programming language, and network architecture agnostic web server that focuses on web applications using modern browser technologies. Mongrel2 supports 17 languages and platforms, HTTP, Flash sockets, WebSockets, Long Polling, and many ways to deploy and hack on it. This package includes the server binaries but doesn't contain all the infrastructure needed to setup a standalone web server.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install m2sh using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the m2sh from Ubuntu 22.04.

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