How To Install asciiart on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install asciiart on Debian 11.
What is asciiart
asciiart is:
This gem provides a command line utility to turn images into ASCII art. It can be used as an executable which may be called from the terminal as well as a library so that it can be used in other programs.
There are three methods to install asciiart 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 asciiart Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install asciiart using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install asciiart
Install asciiart Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install asciiart using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install asciiart
Install asciiart 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 asciiart using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install asciiart
How To Uninstall asciiart on Debian 11
To uninstall only the asciiart package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove asciiart
Uninstall asciiart And Its Dependencies
To uninstall asciiart and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove asciiart
Remove asciiart Configurations and Data
To remove asciiart configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge asciiart
Remove asciiart configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove asciiart configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asciiart
Dependencies
asciiart have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install asciiart package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.