How To Install xapian-examples on Debian 10

Learn how to install xapian-examples on Debian 10 with this tutorial. xapian-examples is Xapian simple example programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-examples on Debian 10.

What is xapian-examples

xapian-examples is:

This package contains source code for some example programs which use the Xapian library. The three “simple” examples are also included in binary form; binaries for the other examples can be found in the xapian-tools package (since they’re useful tools in their own right).

The Xapian search engine library is a highly adaptable toolkit which allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It implements the probabilistic model of information retrieval, and provides facilities for performing ranked free-text searches, relevance feedback, phrase searching, boolean searching, stemming, and simultaneous update and searching. It is highly scalable, and is capable of working with collections containing hundreds of millions of documents.

There are three methods to install xapian-examples on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install xapian-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xapian-examples

Install xapian-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xapian-examples

Install xapian-examples 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 xapian-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xapian-examples

How To Uninstall xapian-examples on Debian 10

To uninstall only the xapian-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xapian-examples

Uninstall xapian-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xapian-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xapian-examples

Remove xapian-examples Configurations and Data

To remove xapian-examples configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xapian-examples

Remove xapian-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xapian-examples

Dependencies

xapian-examples have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-examples package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.