How To Install fish on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install fish on Debian 11. fish is friendly interactive shell

Introduction

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

What is fish

fish is:

Fish is a shell geared towards interactive use. Its features are focused on user friendliness and discoverability. The language syntax is simple but incompatible with other shell languages.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fish

Install fish Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fish

Install fish 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 fish using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fish

How To Uninstall fish on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove fish

Uninstall fish And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fish

Remove fish Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fish

Remove fish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fish

Dependencies

fish have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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