How To Install lightyears on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lightyears on Debian 10.
What is lightyears
lightyears is:
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There are three methods to install lightyears 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 lightyears Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lightyears using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lightyears
Install lightyears Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lightyears using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lightyears
Install lightyears 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 lightyears using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lightyears
How To Uninstall lightyears on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lightyears package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lightyears
Uninstall lightyears And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lightyears and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lightyears
Remove lightyears Configurations and Data
To remove lightyears configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lightyears
Remove lightyears configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lightyears configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lightyears
Dependencies
lightyears have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lightyears package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
