How To Install lsdb on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsdb on Debian 11. lsdb is The Lovely Sister Database (email rolodex) for Emacs

Introduction

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

What is lsdb

lsdb is:

LSDB (The Lovely Sister Database) is a rolodex-like database program for SEMI based MUA. It’s intended to be a lightweight relacement for BBDB (The Insidious Big Brother Database). Unfortunately, it currently doesn’t support the all features of BBDB.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lsdb

Install lsdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lsdb

Install lsdb 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 lsdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lsdb

How To Uninstall lsdb on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove lsdb

Uninstall lsdb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsdb

Remove lsdb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lsdb

Remove lsdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsdb

Dependencies

lsdb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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