How To Install bidiv on Debian 10

Learn how to install bidiv on Debian 10 with this tutorial. bidiv is BiDi viewer - command-line tool displaying logical Hebrew/Arabic

Introduction

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

What is bidiv

bidiv is:

bidiv is a simple utility for converting logical-Hebrew input to visual-Hebrew output. This is useful for reading Hebrew mail messages, viewing Hebrew texts, etc. It was written for Hebrew but Arabic (or other BiDi languages) should work equally well.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bidiv

Install bidiv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bidiv

Install bidiv 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 bidiv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bidiv

How To Uninstall bidiv on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove bidiv

Uninstall bidiv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bidiv

Remove bidiv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bidiv

Remove bidiv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bidiv

Dependencies

bidiv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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