How To Install debpear on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debpear on Debian 9.
What is debpear
debpear is:
With debpear, you can install PEAR packages out of only the name of a PHP PEAR module. Debpear will download, create, and build a Debian package out of the pear package that you selected, and eventually install it in your system.
The goal of debpear isn’t to replace the real work of a Debian maintainer, but rather to allow its users to quickly build and install a PEAR package in a clean, Debian way, when this PEAR package doesn’t exist in Debian yet.
There are three methods to install debpear 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 debpear Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debpear using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debpear
Install debpear Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debpear using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debpear
Install debpear 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 debpear using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debpear
How To Uninstall debpear on Debian 9
To uninstall only the debpear package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debpear
Uninstall debpear And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debpear and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debpear
Remove debpear Configurations and Data
To remove debpear configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debpear
Remove debpear configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debpear configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debpear
Dependencies
debpear have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debpear package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
