How To Install smartpm on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install smartpm on Debian 9. smartpm is An alternative package manager that works with dpkg/rpm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smartpm on Debian 9.

What is smartpm

smartpm is:

The Smart Package Manager project has the ambitious objective of creating smart and portable algorithms for solving adequately the problem of managing software upgrading and installation. This tool works in all major distributions (APT, APT-RPM, YUM, URPMI, etc).

This package contains the GTK2 frontend for Smart.

There are three methods to install smartpm 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 smartpm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smartpm

Install smartpm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smartpm

Install smartpm 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 smartpm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smartpm

How To Uninstall smartpm on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove smartpm

Uninstall smartpm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smartpm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smartpm

Remove smartpm Configurations and Data

To remove smartpm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smartpm

Remove smartpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smartpm

Dependencies

smartpm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smartpm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.