How To Install phatch-cli on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install phatch-cli on Debian 9. phatch-cli is simple to use Photo Batch Processor - command line interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phatch-cli on Debian 9.

What is phatch-cli

phatch-cli is:

Phatch handles all popular image formats and can duplicate (sub)folder hierarchies. It can batch resize, rotate, apply perspective, shadows, rounded corners, … and more in minutes instead of hours or days if you do it manually. Phatch allows you to use EXIF and IPTC tags for renaming and data stamping.

This package contains command line interface to Phatch.

There are three methods to install phatch-cli 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 phatch-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phatch-cli

Install phatch-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phatch-cli

Install phatch-cli 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 phatch-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phatch-cli

How To Uninstall phatch-cli on Debian 9

To uninstall only the phatch-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove phatch-cli

Uninstall phatch-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phatch-cli

Remove phatch-cli Configurations and Data

To remove phatch-cli configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phatch-cli

Remove phatch-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phatch-cli

Dependencies

phatch-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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