How to install Hiawatha on Debian Latest

Hiawatha is a lightweight and secure web server. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Hiawatha on Debian latest.

Pre-requisites

  • A Debian latest OS installed
  • Access to the sudo user account or root account

Step 1: Update the System

Before 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.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

The Hiawatha web server depends on some other packages to work efficiently. The required packages are:

  • libssl-dev
  • libxml2-dev
  • libxslt1-dev
  • zlib1g-dev

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

Step 3: Download Hiawatha

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

Step 4: Compile Hiawatha

To compile Hiawatha, navigate to the extracted directory and run the following commands:

cd hiawatha-*
make
sudo make install

Step 5: Verify the Installation

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.