How To Install hasktags on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install hasktags on Debian 11. hasktags is Producer of ctags tags and etags TAGS files for Haskell programs

Introduction

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

What is hasktags

hasktags is:

This package provides the hasktags program, which provides ctags “tags” and etags “TAGS” files for Haskell programs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hasktags

Install hasktags Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hasktags

Install hasktags 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 hasktags using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hasktags

How To Uninstall hasktags on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove hasktags

Uninstall hasktags And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hasktags

Remove hasktags Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hasktags

Remove hasktags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hasktags

Dependencies

hasktags have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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