How To Install pike7.8-svg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install pike7.8-svg on Debian 9. pike7.8-svg is SVG format support for Pike

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pike7.8-svg on Debian 9.

What is pike7.8-svg

pike7.8-svg is:

This package provides an SVG graphics format module, Image.SVG. It has been separated from the pike7.8-image module because of its quite extensive dependencies.

Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information see the description of the pike7.8-core package.

There are three methods to install pike7.8-svg 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 pike7.8-svg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pike7.8-svg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pike7.8-svg

Install pike7.8-svg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pike7.8-svg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pike7.8-svg

Install pike7.8-svg 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 pike7.8-svg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pike7.8-svg

How To Uninstall pike7.8-svg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the pike7.8-svg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pike7.8-svg

Uninstall pike7.8-svg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pike7.8-svg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pike7.8-svg

Remove pike7.8-svg Configurations and Data

To remove pike7.8-svg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pike7.8-svg

Remove pike7.8-svg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pike7.8-svg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pike7.8-svg

Dependencies

pike7.8-svg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pike7.8-svg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.