How To Install howm on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install howm on Debian 11. howm is Note-taking tool on Emacs

Introduction

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

What is howm

howm is:

Howm(Hitori Otegaru Wiki Modoki) is a note-taking tool on Emacs.

It is similar to emacs-wiki; you can enjoy hyperlinks and full-text search easily. It is not similar to emacs-wiki; it can be combined with any format.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install howm

Install howm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install howm

Install howm 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 howm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install howm

How To Uninstall howm on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove howm

Uninstall howm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove howm

Remove howm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge howm

Remove howm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge howm

Dependencies

howm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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