How To Install dia-gnome on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dia-gnome on Debian 9. dia-gnome is transitional dummy package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dia-gnome on Debian 9.

What is dia-gnome

dia-gnome is:

This transitional package allows one to migrate from dia-gnome to dia.

It can be safely removed after the upgrade.

There are three methods to install dia-gnome 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 dia-gnome Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dia-gnome

Install dia-gnome Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dia-gnome

Install dia-gnome 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 dia-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dia-gnome

How To Uninstall dia-gnome on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dia-gnome package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dia-gnome

Uninstall dia-gnome And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dia-gnome

Remove dia-gnome Configurations and Data

To remove dia-gnome configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dia-gnome

Remove dia-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dia-gnome

Dependencies

dia-gnome have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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