How To Install referencer on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install referencer on Debian 9.
What is referencer
referencer is:
Referencer is a GNOME application to organise documents or references, and ultimately generate a BibTeX bibliography file. Referencer includes a number of features to make this process easier:
- Automatic metadata retrieval from PubMed, CrossRef and ArXiv
- Smart web links
- Import from BibTeX, Reference Manager and EndNote
- Tagging
There are three methods to install referencer 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 referencer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install referencer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install referencer
Install referencer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install referencer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install referencer
Install referencer 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 referencer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install referencer
How To Uninstall referencer on Debian 9
To uninstall only the referencer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove referencer
Uninstall referencer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall referencer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove referencer
Remove referencer Configurations and Data
To remove referencer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge referencer
Remove referencer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove referencer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge referencer
Dependencies
referencer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install referencer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
