How To Install colorize on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colorize on Debian 11.
What is colorize
colorize is:
Colorizes text read from standard input stream or file by using ANSI escape sequences (and also vice versa, i.e. cleaning text from sequences) and prints resulting output to the terminal.
There are three methods to install colorize 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 colorize Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install colorize using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install colorize
Install colorize Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install colorize using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install colorize
Install colorize 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 colorize using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install colorize
How To Uninstall colorize on Debian 11
To uninstall only the colorize package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove colorize
Uninstall colorize And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colorize and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove colorize
Remove colorize Configurations and Data
To remove colorize configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge colorize
Remove colorize configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove colorize configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colorize
Dependencies
colorize have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colorize package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
