How To Install ssed on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssed on Debian 9. ssed is The super sed stream editor

Introduction

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

What is ssed

ssed is:

Super sed reads the specified files or the standard input if no files are specified, makes editing changes according to a list of commands, and writes the results to the standard output.

Super sed is an enhanced version of GNU sed 3.02. Relative to 3.02, there are several new features (including in-place editing of files, extended regular expression syntax and a few new commands) and some bug fixes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ssed

Install ssed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ssed

Install ssed 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 ssed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssed

How To Uninstall ssed on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ssed

Uninstall ssed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssed

Remove ssed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ssed

Remove ssed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssed

Dependencies

ssed have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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