How To Install m4 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install m4 on Debian 11.
What is m4
m4 is:
GNU
m4' is an implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros).m4’ also has builtin functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNUm4' for generatingconfigure’ scripts, but not for running them.
There are three methods to install m4 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 m4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install m4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install m4
Install m4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install m4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install m4
Install m4 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 m4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install m4
How To Uninstall m4 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the m4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove m4
Uninstall m4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall m4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove m4
Remove m4 Configurations and Data
To remove m4 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge m4
Remove m4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove m4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge m4
Dependencies
m4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install m4 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
