How To Install soprano-daemon on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install soprano-daemon on Debian 9. soprano-daemon is daemon for the Soprano RDF framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soprano-daemon on Debian 9.

What is soprano-daemon

soprano-daemon is:

Soprano is a pluggable RDF storage, parsing, and serialization framework based on Qt 4. Soprano is targeted at desktop applications that need to store RDF data. Its API has been optimized for simplicity and ease of use, while its modular structure allows it to use various different RDF storage implementations as its backend.

This package contains the Soprano daemon, D-Bus service, parser plugins, and a storage plugin for the Redland RDF Application Framework. This package is not intended to be neither directly installed nor used by end users. It will be installed automatically whenever needed.

There are three methods to install soprano-daemon 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 soprano-daemon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install soprano-daemon

Install soprano-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install soprano-daemon

Install soprano-daemon 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 soprano-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install soprano-daemon

How To Uninstall soprano-daemon on Debian 9

To uninstall only the soprano-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove soprano-daemon

Uninstall soprano-daemon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove soprano-daemon

Remove soprano-daemon Configurations and Data

To remove soprano-daemon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge soprano-daemon

Remove soprano-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soprano-daemon

Dependencies

soprano-daemon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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