How To Install html2wml on Debian 10

Learn how to install html2wml on Debian 10 with this tutorial. html2wml is converts HTML pages to WML (WAP) or i-mode pages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install html2wml on Debian 10.

What is html2wml

html2wml is:

html2wml converts HTML pages to WML or i-mode(tm) pages, suitable for being viewed on a WAP or i-mode devices, e.g. cell phones. The conversion can be done either on the command line to create static pages or on-the-fly by calling this program as a CGI.

Different WAP browsers are available to view the results of html2wml, e.g. the wmlbrowser add-on for iceweasel (aka firefox) and wapua.

There are three methods to install html2wml 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 html2wml Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install html2wml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install html2wml

Install html2wml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install html2wml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install html2wml

Install html2wml 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 html2wml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install html2wml

How To Uninstall html2wml on Debian 10

To uninstall only the html2wml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove html2wml

Uninstall html2wml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall html2wml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove html2wml

Remove html2wml Configurations and Data

To remove html2wml configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge html2wml

Remove html2wml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove html2wml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge html2wml

Dependencies

html2wml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install html2wml package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.