How To Install mnemosyne on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install mnemosyne on Debian 11. mnemosyne is spaced repetition flash-card program

Introduction

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

What is mnemosyne

mnemosyne is:

The Mnemosyne software resembles a traditional flash-card program to help you memorise question/answer pairs, but with an important twist: it uses a sophisticated algorithm to schedule the best time for an item to come up for review. Difficult items that you tend to forget quickly will be scheduled more often, while Mnemosyne won’t waste your time on things you remember well.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mnemosyne

Install mnemosyne Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mnemosyne

Install mnemosyne 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 mnemosyne using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mnemosyne

How To Uninstall mnemosyne on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove mnemosyne

Uninstall mnemosyne And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mnemosyne

Remove mnemosyne Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mnemosyne

Remove mnemosyne configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mnemosyne

Dependencies

mnemosyne have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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