How To Install gadmin-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gadmin-tools on Debian 9.
What is gadmin-tools
gadmin-tools is:
Package to ease upgrading from older gadmin-tools packages to the new gadmintools package.
This package can be purged at anytime once the gadmintools package has been installed.
There are three methods to install gadmin-tools 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 gadmin-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gadmin-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gadmin-tools
Install gadmin-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gadmin-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gadmin-tools
Install gadmin-tools 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 gadmin-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gadmin-tools
How To Uninstall gadmin-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gadmin-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gadmin-tools
Uninstall gadmin-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gadmin-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gadmin-tools
Remove gadmin-tools Configurations and Data
To remove gadmin-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gadmin-tools
Remove gadmin-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gadmin-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gadmin-tools
Dependencies
gadmin-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gadmin-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
