How To Install appstream-index on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install appstream-index on Debian 9.
What is appstream-index
appstream-index is:
Transitional dummy package replacing appstream-index with appstream.
There are three methods to install appstream-index on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install appstream-index Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install appstream-index using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install appstream-index
Install appstream-index Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install appstream-index using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install appstream-index
Install appstream-index 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 appstream-index using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install appstream-index
How To Uninstall appstream-index on Debian 9
To uninstall only the appstream-index package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove appstream-index
Uninstall appstream-index And Its Dependencies
To uninstall appstream-index and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove appstream-index
Remove appstream-index Configurations and Data
To remove appstream-index configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge appstream-index
Remove appstream-index configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove appstream-index configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge appstream-index
Dependencies
appstream-index have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install appstream-index package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.