How To Install nowebm on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nowebm on Debian 9. nowebm is A WEB-like literate-programming tool - transitional package

Introduction

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

What is nowebm

nowebm is:

noweb is designed to meet the needs of literate programmers while remaining as simple as possible. Its primary advantages are simplicity, extensibility, and language-independence.

This is a transitional package. You can safely remove this package after it is installed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nowebm

Install nowebm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nowebm

Install nowebm 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 nowebm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nowebm

How To Uninstall nowebm on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove nowebm

Uninstall nowebm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nowebm

Remove nowebm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nowebm

Remove nowebm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nowebm

Dependencies

nowebm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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