How To Install fizsh on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fizsh on Debian 9. fizsh is Friendly Interactive ZSHell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fizsh on Debian 9.

What is fizsh

fizsh is:

Fizsh is a frontend to Zsh. It provides the user with interactive syntax highlighting and a Matlab-like history search facility. At the same time it can handle Bourne syntax.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fizsh

Install fizsh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fizsh

Install fizsh 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 fizsh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fizsh

How To Uninstall fizsh on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove fizsh

Uninstall fizsh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fizsh

Remove fizsh Configurations and Data

To remove fizsh configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fizsh

Remove fizsh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fizsh

Dependencies

fizsh have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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