How To Install aria2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aria2 on Debian 9.
What is aria2
aria2 is:
Aria2 is a command line download client with resuming and segmented downloading. Supported protocols are HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent and it also supports Metalink.
There are three methods to install aria2 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 aria2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aria2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aria2
Install aria2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aria2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aria2
Install aria2 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 aria2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aria2
How To Uninstall aria2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the aria2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aria2
Uninstall aria2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aria2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aria2
Remove aria2 Configurations and Data
To remove aria2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aria2
Remove aria2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aria2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aria2
Dependencies
aria2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aria2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
