How To Install cwcp on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwcp on Debian 9. cwcp is Morse code tutor - text user interface

Introduction

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

What is cwcp

cwcp is:

The unixcw project provides support for learning to use Morse code.

This package provides an interactive Morse code tutor with a full-screen text-based (ncurses) user interface. It offers menu selection of sending modes, and keyboard control of character sounding options such as the sending speed and pitch.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cwcp

Install cwcp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cwcp

Install cwcp 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 cwcp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cwcp

How To Uninstall cwcp on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove cwcp

Uninstall cwcp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cwcp

Remove cwcp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cwcp

Remove cwcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cwcp

Dependencies

cwcp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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