How To Install vdr-plugin-spider on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-spider on Debian 9. vdr-plugin-spider is Plugin to vdr that implements the card game Spider Arachnid

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-spider on Debian 9.

What is vdr-plugin-spider

vdr-plugin-spider is:

This plugin is an implementation of the patience game “Spider Arachnid” played on the On Screen Display of your Video Disk Recorder.

There are three methods to install vdr-plugin-spider 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 vdr-plugin-spider Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdr-plugin-spider

Install vdr-plugin-spider Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-spider using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-spider

Install vdr-plugin-spider 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 vdr-plugin-spider using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-spider

How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-spider on Debian 9

To uninstall only the vdr-plugin-spider package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-spider

Uninstall vdr-plugin-spider And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdr-plugin-spider

Remove vdr-plugin-spider Configurations and Data

To remove vdr-plugin-spider configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-plugin-spider

Remove vdr-plugin-spider configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vdr-plugin-spider configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-plugin-spider

Dependencies

vdr-plugin-spider have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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