How To Install fortunes-debian-hints on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-debian-hints on Debian 9.
What is fortunes-debian-hints
fortunes-debian-hints is:
This package provides a set of hints and tips on using Debian, in a fortune database format. New Debian users (or administrators) may find its advice particularly sage or helpful, and even veteran Debianites might find some new tidbits.
There are three methods to install fortunes-debian-hints 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 fortunes-debian-hints Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fortunes-debian-hints using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fortunes-debian-hints
Install fortunes-debian-hints Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fortunes-debian-hints using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fortunes-debian-hints
Install fortunes-debian-hints 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 fortunes-debian-hints using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fortunes-debian-hints
How To Uninstall fortunes-debian-hints on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fortunes-debian-hints package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fortunes-debian-hints
Uninstall fortunes-debian-hints And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fortunes-debian-hints and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortunes-debian-hints
Remove fortunes-debian-hints Configurations and Data
To remove fortunes-debian-hints configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fortunes-debian-hints
Remove fortunes-debian-hints configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fortunes-debian-hints configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortunes-debian-hints
Dependencies
fortunes-debian-hints have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-debian-hints package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
