How To Install confget on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install confget on Debian 11. confget is read variables from INI-style configuration files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install confget on Debian 11.

What is confget

confget is:

The confget utility examines a INI-style configuration file and retrieves the value of the specified variables from the specified section. Its intended use is to let shell scripts use the same INI-style configuration files as other programs, to avoid duplication of data.

The confget utility may retrieve the values of one or more variables, list all the variables in a specified section, list only those whose names or values match a specified pattern (shell glob or regular expression), or check if a variable is present in the file at all. It has a “shell-quoting” output mode that quotes the variable values in a way suitable for passing them directly to a Bourne-style shell.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install confget

Install confget Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install confget

Install confget 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 confget using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install confget

How To Uninstall confget on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove confget

Uninstall confget And Its Dependencies

To uninstall confget and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove confget

Remove confget Configurations and Data

To remove confget configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge confget

Remove confget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge confget

Dependencies

confget have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install confget package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.