How To Install initz on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install initz on Debian 11. initz is Handles the switching of various initialization files of emacsen

Introduction

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

What is initz

initz is:

Initz handles the switching of various startup initialization files of emacsen provided for various environment. According to the environment (maybe emacs version, OS type or OS versions) Initz reads appropriate init files provided by the user in several directories, one for one environment.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install initz

Install initz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install initz

Install initz 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 initz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install initz

How To Uninstall initz on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove initz

Uninstall initz And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove initz

Remove initz Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge initz

Remove initz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge initz

Dependencies

initz have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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