How To Install units-master on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install units-master on Debian 12.
What is units-master
units-master is:
Units-master is a graphic application with three features:
- check the syntax of a physical quantity, like “25 m/s”, or “1.2 ?A”
- perform conversions, like “1.2 ?A” to “1.2e-3 mA”
- render physical quantities to plain LaTeX, PNG, SVG.
There are three methods to install units-master on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install units-master Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install units-master using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install units-master
Install units-master Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install units-master using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install units-master
Install units-master 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 units-master using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install units-master
How To Uninstall units-master on Debian 12
To uninstall only the units-master package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove units-master
Uninstall units-master And Its Dependencies
To uninstall units-master and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove units-master
Remove units-master Configurations and Data
To remove units-master configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge units-master
Remove units-master configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove units-master configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge units-master
Dependencies
units-master have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install units-master package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
