How To Install indent on Debian 10

Learn how to install indent on Debian 10 with this tutorial. indent is C language source code formatting program

Introduction

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

What is indent

indent is:

The `indent’ program changes the appearance of a C program by inserting or deleting whitespace.

`indent’ also provides options for controlling the alignment of braces and declarations, program indenting, and other stylistic parameters, including formatting of both C and C++ comments.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install indent

Install indent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install indent

Install indent 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 indent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install indent

How To Uninstall indent on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove indent

Uninstall indent And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove indent

Remove indent Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge indent

Remove indent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indent

Dependencies

indent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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