How To Install lookup on Debian 10

Learn how to install lookup on Debian 10 with this tutorial. lookup is interactive utility to search text files quickly

Introduction

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

What is lookup

lookup is:

It provides: Romaji-to-Kana Converter, Fuzzy Searching, Search with Regular Expressions, Filtering, Automatic Modifications, Smart Word-Preference Mode.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lookup

Install lookup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lookup

Install lookup 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 lookup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lookup

How To Uninstall lookup on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove lookup

Uninstall lookup And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lookup

Remove lookup Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lookup

Remove lookup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lookup

Dependencies

lookup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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