How To Install lunch on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lunch on Debian 9. lunch is Transitional package for python-lunch

Introduction

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

What is lunch

lunch is:

This is a transitional package for python-lunch, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lunch

Install lunch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lunch

Install lunch 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 lunch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lunch

How To Uninstall lunch on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lunch

Uninstall lunch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lunch

Remove lunch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lunch

Remove lunch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lunch

Dependencies

lunch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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