How To Install apt-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-utils on Debian 9.
What is apt-utils
apt-utils is:
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related to package management with APT.
- apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration questions before installation.
- apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files needed to publish an archive of Debian packages
- apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
There are three methods to install apt-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apt-utils
Install apt-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apt-utils
Install apt-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apt-utils
How To Uninstall apt-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the apt-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apt-utils
Uninstall apt-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apt-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-utils
Remove apt-utils Configurations and Data
To remove apt-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apt-utils
Remove apt-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apt-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-utils
Dependencies
apt-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.