How To Install apt-config-auto-update on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-config-auto-update on Debian 9.
What is apt-config-auto-update
apt-config-auto-update is:
This package contains configuration snippets for the Apt package manager to have it automatically update its package cache. This is especially useful for GUI tools like update-notifiers, which do not trigger cache updates on their own.
There are three methods to install apt-config-auto-update on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apt-config-auto-update Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-config-auto-update using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apt-config-auto-update
Install apt-config-auto-update Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-config-auto-update using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apt-config-auto-update
Install apt-config-auto-update 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 apt-config-auto-update using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apt-config-auto-update
How To Uninstall apt-config-auto-update on Debian 9
To uninstall only the apt-config-auto-update package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apt-config-auto-update
Uninstall apt-config-auto-update And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apt-config-auto-update and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-config-auto-update
Remove apt-config-auto-update Configurations and Data
To remove apt-config-auto-update configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apt-config-auto-update
Remove apt-config-auto-update configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apt-config-auto-update configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-config-auto-update
Dependencies
apt-config-auto-update have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-config-auto-update package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.