How To Install hpack on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hpack
on Debian 11.
What is hpack
hpack is:
hpack is a tool to create the usual Haskell packaging metadata, i.e. the .cabal file, from a YAML description of the program, with some fields field in by inferred defaults and other additional conveniences.
There are three methods to install hpack
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 hpack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hpack
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hpack
Install hpack Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hpack
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hpack
Install hpack 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 hpack
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hpack
How To Uninstall hpack on Debian 11
To uninstall only the hpack
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hpack
Uninstall hpack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hpack
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hpack
Remove hpack Configurations and Data
To remove hpack
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hpack
Remove hpack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hpack
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hpack
Dependencies
hpack have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hpack
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.