How To Install pacapt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pacapt on Debian 9.
What is pacapt
pacapt is:
pacapt is an Arch’s pacman-like package manager for some Unices. It is a bash script provides a wrapper for system’s package manager.
There are three methods to install pacapt 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 pacapt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pacapt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pacapt
Install pacapt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pacapt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pacapt
Install pacapt 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 pacapt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pacapt
How To Uninstall pacapt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pacapt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pacapt
Uninstall pacapt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pacapt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pacapt
Remove pacapt Configurations and Data
To remove pacapt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pacapt
Remove pacapt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pacapt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pacapt
Dependencies
pacapt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pacapt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
