How To Install autofs5-hesiod on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install autofs5-hesiod on Debian 9. autofs5-hesiod is transitional dummy package for autofs-hesiod

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autofs5-hesiod on Debian 9.

What is autofs5-hesiod

autofs5-hesiod is:

This transitional dummy package is safe to remove.

There are three methods to install autofs5-hesiod 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 autofs5-hesiod Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install autofs5-hesiod using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install autofs5-hesiod

Install autofs5-hesiod Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install autofs5-hesiod using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install autofs5-hesiod

Install autofs5-hesiod 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 autofs5-hesiod using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install autofs5-hesiod

How To Uninstall autofs5-hesiod on Debian 9

To uninstall only the autofs5-hesiod package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove autofs5-hesiod

Uninstall autofs5-hesiod And Its Dependencies

To uninstall autofs5-hesiod and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autofs5-hesiod

Remove autofs5-hesiod Configurations and Data

To remove autofs5-hesiod configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge autofs5-hesiod

Remove autofs5-hesiod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove autofs5-hesiod configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autofs5-hesiod

Dependencies

autofs5-hesiod have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install autofs5-hesiod package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.