How To Install autotrash on Debian 10

Learn how to install autotrash on Debian 10 with this tutorial. autotrash is purges files from your trash based on age and/or filename

Introduction

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

What is autotrash

autotrash is:

A script useful to purge files from your trash based on their age. It can also be used to purge the files based on the filename using a regular expression.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install autotrash

Install autotrash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install autotrash

Install autotrash 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 autotrash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install autotrash

How To Uninstall autotrash on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove autotrash

Uninstall autotrash And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autotrash

Remove autotrash Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge autotrash

Remove autotrash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autotrash

Dependencies

autotrash have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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