How To Install elk on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elk on Debian 10.
What is elk
elk is:
Elk is an implementation of the Scheme programming language, designed specifically as an embeddable, reusable extension language subsystem for applications written in C or C++.
This package contains the Elk Scheme interpreter, as well as several plugins shipped with Elk. They provide hooks for Unix system calls, the X Window System, as well as the X Athena Widgets and the Motif toolkits. Example scripts on how to use these plugins are provided in the elkdoc package.
There are three methods to install elk 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 elk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elk
Install elk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elk
Install elk 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 elk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elk
How To Uninstall elk on Debian 10
To uninstall only the elk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elk
Uninstall elk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elk
Remove elk Configurations and Data
To remove elk configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elk
Remove elk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elk
Dependencies
elk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elk package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
