How To Install conmux on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install conmux on Debian 9. conmux is console multiplexor

Introduction

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

What is conmux

conmux is:

CONMUX is a console abstractor. Presenting any console with a consistent location, naming and semantic. Access to the console, and hardreset of the machine is the same regardless of the underlying access methodology.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install conmux

Install conmux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install conmux

Install conmux 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 conmux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install conmux

How To Uninstall conmux on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove conmux

Uninstall conmux And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove conmux

Remove conmux Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge conmux

Remove conmux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge conmux

Dependencies

conmux have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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