How To Install discus on Debian 10

Learn how to install discus on Debian 10 with this tutorial. discus is pretty version of df(1) command

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install discus on Debian 10.

What is discus

discus is:

Discus aims to make df prettier, with features such as color, graphs, and smart formatting of numbers (automatically choosing the most suitable size from kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes). If you don’t want Discus deciding the best sizes, you can also choose your own increments, along with specifying the number of decimal places you’d like to see.

There are three methods to install discus on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install discus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install discus

Install discus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install discus

Install discus 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 discus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install discus

How To Uninstall discus on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove discus

Uninstall discus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall discus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove discus

Remove discus Configurations and Data

To remove discus configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge discus

Remove discus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge discus

Dependencies

discus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install discus package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.