How To Install mess on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mess on Debian 9.
What is mess
mess is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install mess 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 mess Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mess
Install mess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mess
Install mess 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 mess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mess
How To Uninstall mess on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mess
Uninstall mess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mess
Remove mess Configurations and Data
To remove mess configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mess
Remove mess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mess
Dependencies
mess have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mess package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
