How To Install slashem-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install slashem-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. slashem-common is files common to all slashem-packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slashem-common on Debian 10.

What is slashem-common

slashem-common is:

This package contains the files comme to all the window ports of Slash’EM. You need to install at least one package containing a window port to use this package:

slashem - The basic ASCII interface slashem-x11 - Simple graphic interface using Xaw slashem-sdl - Graphical interface usnig SDL slashem-gtk - Graphical interface usnig Gtk

There are three methods to install slashem-common 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 slashem-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install slashem-common

Install slashem-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install slashem-common

Install slashem-common 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 slashem-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slashem-common

How To Uninstall slashem-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the slashem-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove slashem-common

Uninstall slashem-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slashem-common

Remove slashem-common Configurations and Data

To remove slashem-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge slashem-common

Remove slashem-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slashem-common

Dependencies

slashem-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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