How To Install elvish on Debian 10

Learn how to install elvish on Debian 10 with this tutorial. elvish is Friendly and expressive shell

Introduction

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

What is elvish

elvish is:

Elvish is a cross-platform shell, supporting Linux, BSDs and Windows. It features an expressive programming language, with features like namespacing and anonymous functions, and a fully programmable user interface with friendly defaults. It is suitable for both interactive use and scripting.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install elvish

Install elvish Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elvish

Install elvish 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 elvish using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elvish

How To Uninstall elvish on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove elvish

Uninstall elvish And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elvish

Remove elvish Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elvish

Remove elvish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elvish

Dependencies

elvish have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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