How To Install aplus-fsf on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install aplus-fsf on Debian 11. aplus-fsf is A+ programming language run-time environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aplus-fsf on Debian 11.

What is aplus-fsf

aplus-fsf is:

A+ is a powerful and efficient programming language. It is freely available under the GNU General Public License. It embodies a rich set of functions and operators, a modern graphical user interface with many widgets and automatic synchronization of widgets and variables, asynchronous execution of functions associated with variables and events, dynamic loading of user compiled subroutines, and many other features. Execution is by a rather efficient interpreter. A+ was created at Morgan Stanley. Primarily used in a computationally-intensive business environment, many critical applications written in A+ have withstood the demands of real world developers over many years. Written in an interpreted language, A+ applications tend to be portable.

This package contains the binaries and libraries needed to run A+ programs. The A+ development environment is provided by the aplus-fsf-dev package.

There are three methods to install aplus-fsf on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aplus-fsf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install aplus-fsf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aplus-fsf

Install aplus-fsf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aplus-fsf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aplus-fsf

Install aplus-fsf 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install aplus-fsf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aplus-fsf

How To Uninstall aplus-fsf on Debian 11

To uninstall only the aplus-fsf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aplus-fsf

Uninstall aplus-fsf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aplus-fsf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aplus-fsf

Remove aplus-fsf Configurations and Data

To remove aplus-fsf configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aplus-fsf

Remove aplus-fsf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aplus-fsf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aplus-fsf

Dependencies

aplus-fsf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aplus-fsf package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.