How To Install conkeror-spawn-process-helper on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conkeror-spawn-process-helper on Debian 9.
What is conkeror-spawn-process-helper
conkeror-spawn-process-helper is:
This helper tool named conkeror-spawn-helper is necessary to let the Conkeror web browser spawn external process, e.g. to edit form fields in an external program. It was previously named spawn-process-helper.
Maybe helpful for other Gecko-based applications, too.
There are three methods to install conkeror-spawn-process-helper 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 conkeror-spawn-process-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install conkeror-spawn-process-helper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install conkeror-spawn-process-helper
Install conkeror-spawn-process-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install conkeror-spawn-process-helper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install conkeror-spawn-process-helper
Install conkeror-spawn-process-helper 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 conkeror-spawn-process-helper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install conkeror-spawn-process-helper
How To Uninstall conkeror-spawn-process-helper on Debian 9
To uninstall only the conkeror-spawn-process-helper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove conkeror-spawn-process-helper
Uninstall conkeror-spawn-process-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall conkeror-spawn-process-helper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove conkeror-spawn-process-helper
Remove conkeror-spawn-process-helper Configurations and Data
To remove conkeror-spawn-process-helper configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge conkeror-spawn-process-helper
Remove conkeror-spawn-process-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove conkeror-spawn-process-helper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge conkeror-spawn-process-helper
Dependencies
conkeror-spawn-process-helper have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conkeror-spawn-process-helper package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
