How To Install bum on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bum on Debian 9. bum is graphical runlevel editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bum on Debian 9.

What is bum

bum is:

Boot-Up Manager is a graphical tool to allow easy configuration of init services in user and system runlevels, as far as changing Start/Stop services priority.

There are three methods to install bum 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 bum Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bum

Install bum Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bum using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bum

Install bum 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 bum using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bum

How To Uninstall bum on Debian 9

To uninstall only the bum package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bum

Uninstall bum And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bum and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bum

Remove bum Configurations and Data

To remove bum configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bum

Remove bum configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bum

Dependencies

bum have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bum package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.