How To Install epic4-help on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install epic4-help on Debian 9. epic4-help is help files for epic4 IRC client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install epic4-help on Debian 9.

What is epic4-help

epic4-help is:

Documentation for the epic4 irc client. Used from within epic4 with the /help command.

There are three methods to install epic4-help 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 epic4-help Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install epic4-help using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install epic4-help

Install epic4-help Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install epic4-help using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install epic4-help

Install epic4-help 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 epic4-help using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install epic4-help

How To Uninstall epic4-help on Debian 9

To uninstall only the epic4-help package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove epic4-help

Uninstall epic4-help And Its Dependencies

To uninstall epic4-help and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove epic4-help

Remove epic4-help Configurations and Data

To remove epic4-help configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge epic4-help

Remove epic4-help configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove epic4-help configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge epic4-help

Dependencies

epic4-help have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install epic4-help package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.