How To Install db2twitter on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install db2twitter on Debian 11. db2twitter is Simple Twitter bot using a database to build and send tweets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install db2twitter on Debian 11.

What is db2twitter

db2twitter is:

db2twitter fetches data from a database using the SQLAlchemy library, filling a user-defined template to build a tweet and send it. db2twitter keeps track of already sent tweets and only sends a new tweet if it was not sent before. db2twitter information are stored in a sqlite database.

There are three methods to install db2twitter 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 db2twitter Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install db2twitter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install db2twitter

Install db2twitter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install db2twitter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install db2twitter

Install db2twitter 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 db2twitter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install db2twitter

How To Uninstall db2twitter on Debian 11

To uninstall only the db2twitter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove db2twitter

Uninstall db2twitter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall db2twitter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove db2twitter

Remove db2twitter Configurations and Data

To remove db2twitter configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge db2twitter

Remove db2twitter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove db2twitter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge db2twitter

Dependencies

db2twitter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install db2twitter package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.