How To Install fweb on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fweb on Debian 11.
What is fweb
fweb is:
Literate-programming allows the programmer to write a program’s code and its code’s documentation, with equal importance accorded to both. This helps producing a well-documented code.
FWEB has grown out of Knuth and Levy’s CWEB; it is far more configurable and customizable than the original, uses LaTeX to typeset documented code, provides a very powerful macro processor…
Ratfor programmers may appreciate the builtin Ratfor-to-Fortran translator if they don’t have the right compiler.
Other languages than those cited may be used, but without code pretty-printing.
There are three methods to install fweb 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 fweb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fweb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fweb
Install fweb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fweb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fweb
Install fweb 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 fweb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fweb
How To Uninstall fweb on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fweb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fweb
Uninstall fweb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fweb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fweb
Remove fweb Configurations and Data
To remove fweb configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fweb
Remove fweb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fweb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fweb
Dependencies
fweb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fweb package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.