How To Install most on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install most on Debian 11. most is Pager program similar to more and less

Introduction

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

What is most

most is:

Most is a paging program that displays, one windowful at a time, the contents of a file on a terminal. A status line at the bottom of the screen displays the file name, the current line number and the percentage of the file so far displayed.

Unlike other paging programs, most is capable of displaying an arbitrary number of windows as long as they all fit on the screen, and different windows could be used to view the same file in different positions.

In addition to displaying ordinary text files, most can also display binary files as well as files with arbitrary ascii characters.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install most

Install most Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install most

Install most 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 most using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install most

How To Uninstall most on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove most

Uninstall most And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove most

Remove most Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge most

Remove most configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge most

Dependencies

most have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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