How To Install autoconf-dickey on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autoconf-dickey
on Debian 10.
What is autoconf-dickey
autoconf-dickey is:
This hacked version of autoconf is required to bootstrap ncurses and some other packages maintained upstream by Thomas Dickey. It should not be used for other purposes.
There are three methods to install autoconf-dickey
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install autoconf-dickey Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autoconf-dickey
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autoconf-dickey
Install autoconf-dickey Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autoconf-dickey
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autoconf-dickey
Install autoconf-dickey 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 autoconf-dickey
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autoconf-dickey
How To Uninstall autoconf-dickey on Debian 10
To uninstall only the autoconf-dickey
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autoconf-dickey
Uninstall autoconf-dickey And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autoconf-dickey
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autoconf-dickey
Remove autoconf-dickey Configurations and Data
To remove autoconf-dickey
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autoconf-dickey
Remove autoconf-dickey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autoconf-dickey
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autoconf-dickey
Dependencies
autoconf-dickey have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autoconf-dickey
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.