How To Install hdate on Debian 12

Learn how to install hdate on Debian 12 with this tutorial. hdate is Provides the hcal and hdate binaries that help use Hebrew dates

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdate on Debian 12.

What is hdate

hdate is:

LibHdate is a small C,C++ library for Hebrew dates, holidays, and reading sequence (parasha). It is using the source code from Amos Shapir’s “hdate” package fixed and patched by Nadav Har’El. The Torah reading sequence is from tables by Zvi Har’El.

This package provides the hdate command-line utility.

There are three methods to install hdate on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hdate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hdate

Install hdate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hdate

Install hdate 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 hdate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hdate

How To Uninstall hdate on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove hdate

Uninstall hdate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hdate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hdate

Remove hdate Configurations and Data

To remove hdate configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hdate

Remove hdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hdate

Dependencies

hdate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdate package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.