How To Install convertall on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install convertall on Debian 10.
What is convertall
convertall is:
With ConvertAll, you can convert any unit in the large database to any other compatible unit. If you want to convert from inches per decade, that’s fine. Or from meter-pounds. Or from cubic nautical miles. The units don’t have to make sense to anyone else.
There are three methods to install convertall 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 convertall Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install convertall using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install convertall
Install convertall Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install convertall using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install convertall
Install convertall 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 convertall using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install convertall
How To Uninstall convertall on Debian 10
To uninstall only the convertall package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove convertall
Uninstall convertall And Its Dependencies
To uninstall convertall and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove convertall
Remove convertall Configurations and Data
To remove convertall configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge convertall
Remove convertall configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove convertall configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge convertall
Dependencies
convertall have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install convertall package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
