How To Install science-social on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-social on Debian 9.
What is science-social
science-social is:
This metapackage will install Debian Science packages useful for social sciences.
There are three methods to install science-social 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 science-social Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install science-social using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-social
Install science-social Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-social using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-social
Install science-social 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 science-social using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-social
How To Uninstall science-social on Debian 9
To uninstall only the science-social package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-social
Uninstall science-social And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-social and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-social
Remove science-social Configurations and Data
To remove science-social configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-social
Remove science-social configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-social configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-social
Dependencies
science-social have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-social package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
