How To Install gwsetup on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install gwsetup on Debian 11. gwsetup is utilities to configure and manipulate Geneweb databases

Introduction

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

What is gwsetup

gwsetup is:

Geneweb allows keeping track of ancestral data. It is a powerful system for maintaining a set of data about your family history. It supports much of the GEDCOM tag system for data storage, and can be used either as your primary system for archiving genealogical data, or as a web service (through a CGI interface) for publishing your data for others to use.

Gwsetup is a command-line program which also includes a mini web server to help Geneweb users to setup and manipulate genealogical databases to be used with the main Geneweb program.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gwsetup

Install gwsetup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gwsetup

Install gwsetup 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 gwsetup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gwsetup

How To Uninstall gwsetup on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove gwsetup

Uninstall gwsetup And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gwsetup

Remove gwsetup Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gwsetup

Remove gwsetup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gwsetup

Dependencies

gwsetup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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