How To Install miller on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install miller on Debian 11. miller is name-indexed data processing tool

Introduction

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

What is miller

miller is:

Miller (mlr) allows name-indexed data such as CSV files to be processed with functions equivalent to sed, awk, cut, join, sort etc. It can convert between formats, preserves headers when sorting or reversing, and streams data where possible so its memory requirements stay small. It works well with pipes and can feed “tail -f”.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install miller

Install miller Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install miller

Install miller 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 miller using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install miller

How To Uninstall miller on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove miller

Uninstall miller And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove miller

Remove miller Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge miller

Remove miller configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge miller

Dependencies

miller have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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