How To Install hstr on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hstr
on Debian 11.
What is hstr
hstr is:
Command line tool that brings improved bash/zsh command completion from the history. It aims to make completion easier and more efficient than Ctrl-r.
HSTR can also manage your command history (for instance you can remove commands that are obsolete or contain a piece of sensitive information) or bookmark your favorite commands.
There are three methods to install hstr
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 hstr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hstr
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hstr
Install hstr Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hstr
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hstr
Install hstr 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 hstr
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hstr
How To Uninstall hstr on Debian 11
To uninstall only the hstr
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hstr
Uninstall hstr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hstr
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hstr
Remove hstr Configurations and Data
To remove hstr
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hstr
Remove hstr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hstr
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hstr
Dependencies
hstr have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hstr
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.