How To Install kubecolor on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install kubecolor on Debian 11. kubecolor is colorizes kubectl output

Introduction

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

What is kubecolor

kubecolor is:

kubecolor colorizes your kubectl command output and does nothing else. kubecolor internally calls kubectl command and try to colorizes the output so you can use kubecolor as a complete alternative of kubectl

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kubecolor

Install kubecolor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kubecolor

Install kubecolor 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 kubecolor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kubecolor

How To Uninstall kubecolor on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove kubecolor

Uninstall kubecolor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kubecolor

Remove kubecolor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kubecolor

Remove kubecolor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kubecolor

Dependencies

kubecolor have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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