How To Install apt-transport-https on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-transport-https on Debian 9.
What is apt-transport-https
apt-transport-https is:
This package enables the usage of ‘deb https://foo distro main’ lines in the /etc/apt/sources.list so that all package managers using the libapt-pkg library can access metadata and packages available in sources accessible over https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure).
This transport supports server as well as client authentication with certificates.
There are three methods to install apt-transport-https 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 apt-transport-https Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-transport-https using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apt-transport-https
Install apt-transport-https Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-transport-https using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apt-transport-https
Install apt-transport-https 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 apt-transport-https using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apt-transport-https
How To Uninstall apt-transport-https on Debian 9
To uninstall only the apt-transport-https package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apt-transport-https
Uninstall apt-transport-https And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apt-transport-https and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-transport-https
Remove apt-transport-https Configurations and Data
To remove apt-transport-https configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apt-transport-https
Remove apt-transport-https configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apt-transport-https configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-transport-https
Dependencies
apt-transport-https have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-transport-https package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
