How To Install dia-libs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dia-libs on Debian 9.
What is dia-libs
dia-libs is:
This transitional package allows one to migrate from dia-libs to dia.
It can be safely removed after the upgrade.
There are three methods to install dia-libs 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-libs 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-libs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dia-libs
Install dia-libs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dia-libs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dia-libs
Install dia-libs 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-libs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dia-libs
How To Uninstall dia-libs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dia-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dia-libs
Uninstall dia-libs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dia-libs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dia-libs
Remove dia-libs Configurations and Data
To remove dia-libs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dia-libs
Remove dia-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dia-libs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dia-libs
Dependencies
dia-libs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dia-libs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
