How To Install yaz on Debian 10

Learn how to install yaz on Debian 10 with this tutorial. yaz is utilities for YAZ Z39.50 toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz on Debian 10.

What is yaz

yaz is:

YAZ is a toolkit that allows you to develop software using the ANSI Z39.50/ISO23950 standard for information retrieval.

This package includes utility programs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yaz

Install yaz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yaz

Install yaz 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 yaz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yaz

How To Uninstall yaz on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove yaz

Uninstall yaz And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaz

Remove yaz Configurations and Data

To remove yaz configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yaz

Remove yaz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaz

Dependencies

yaz have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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