How To Install abook on Debian 10

Learn how to install abook on Debian 10 with this tutorial. abook is text-based ncurses address book application

Introduction

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

What is abook

abook is:

abook is a text-based ncurses address book application. It provides many different fields of user info. abook is designed for use with mutt, but can be used independently.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install abook

Install abook Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install abook

Install abook 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 abook using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install abook

How To Uninstall abook on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove abook

Uninstall abook And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove abook

Remove abook Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge abook

Remove abook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abook

Dependencies

abook have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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