How To Install autotrash on Debian 10
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
.