How To Install progress-linux-base-system on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install progress-linux-base-system on Debian 11.
What is progress-linux-base-system
progress-linux-base-system is:
Progress Linux is a Debian derivative distribution focused on system integration.
This package is a metapackage defining the package selection for the Progress Linux Base System.
There are three methods to install progress-linux-base-system on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install progress-linux-base-system Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install progress-linux-base-system using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install progress-linux-base-system
Install progress-linux-base-system Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install progress-linux-base-system using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install progress-linux-base-system
Install progress-linux-base-system 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 progress-linux-base-system using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install progress-linux-base-system
How To Uninstall progress-linux-base-system on Debian 11
To uninstall only the progress-linux-base-system package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove progress-linux-base-system
Uninstall progress-linux-base-system And Its Dependencies
To uninstall progress-linux-base-system and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove progress-linux-base-system
Remove progress-linux-base-system Configurations and Data
To remove progress-linux-base-system configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge progress-linux-base-system
Remove progress-linux-base-system configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove progress-linux-base-system configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge progress-linux-base-system
Dependencies
progress-linux-base-system have the following dependencies:
- progress-linux
- task-ssh-server
- bash-completion
- powerline
- powerline-gitstatus
- apt-utils
- debconf-utils
- knot-dnsutils
- knot-host
- knot-resolver
- socat
- plzip
- tarlz
- libpam-systemd
- acl
- bc
- ca-certificates
- crudini
- gawk
- git
- gnupg
- htop
- ioping
- less
- lnav
- lsb-release
- lynx
- man-db
- mc
- mtr-tiny
- openssl
- psmisc
- python3
- rsync
- screen
- sudo
- sysstat
- tcpdump
- vim
- wget
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install progress-linux-base-system package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
