How To Install cloc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cloc on Debian 11.
What is cloc
cloc is:
Count physical lines of source code in the given files (may be archives such as compressed tarballs or zip files) and/or recursively below the given directories.
Counts blank lines, comment lines, and physical lines of source code in many programming languages. It is written entirely in Perl, using only modules from the standard distribution.
There are three methods to install cloc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cloc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cloc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cloc
Install cloc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cloc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cloc
Install cloc 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 cloc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cloc
How To Uninstall cloc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cloc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cloc
Uninstall cloc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cloc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cloc
Remove cloc Configurations and Data
To remove cloc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cloc
Remove cloc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cloc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cloc
Dependencies
cloc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cloc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
