How To Install ranger on Debian 10

Learn how to install ranger on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ranger is Console File Manager with VI Key Bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ranger on Debian 10.

What is ranger

ranger is:

Ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy. It ships with “rifle”, a file launcher that is good at automatically finding out which program to use for what file type.

Design Goals

  • An easily maintainable file manager in a high level language
  • A quick way to switch directories and browse the file system
  • Keep it small but useful, do one thing and do it well
  • Console based, with smooth integration into the unix shell

There are three methods to install ranger on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ranger Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ranger

Install ranger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ranger

Install ranger 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 ranger using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ranger

How To Uninstall ranger on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ranger

Uninstall ranger And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ranger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ranger

Remove ranger Configurations and Data

To remove ranger configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ranger

Remove ranger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ranger

Dependencies

ranger have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ranger package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.