How To Install detachtty on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install detachtty on Debian 11. detachtty is Utility to connect to detached interactive programs

Introduction

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

What is detachtty

detachtty is:

Detachtty lets you run interactive programs non-interactively, and connect to them over the network when you do need to interact with them. It is somewhat similar to screen, but it is less feature-rich, therefore lighter and with less dependencies. It allows one to connect to programs running on remote hosts by mean of secure SSH connections.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install detachtty

Install detachtty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install detachtty

Install detachtty 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 detachtty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install detachtty

How To Uninstall detachtty on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove detachtty

Uninstall detachtty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove detachtty

Remove detachtty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge detachtty

Remove detachtty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge detachtty

Dependencies

detachtty have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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