How To Install lincredits on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lincredits on Debian 11. lincredits is Generate nicely-formatted versions of the Linux CREDITS file

Introduction

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

What is lincredits

lincredits is:

This small package allows anyone to create beautified versions of the Linux CREDITS file in plain text, LaTeX or HTML formats.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lincredits

Install lincredits Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lincredits

Install lincredits 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 lincredits using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lincredits

How To Uninstall lincredits on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove lincredits

Uninstall lincredits And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lincredits

Remove lincredits Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lincredits

Remove lincredits configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lincredits

Dependencies

lincredits have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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