How To Install baobab on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install baobab on Debian 10.
What is baobab
baobab is:
Disk Usage Analyzer is a graphical, menu-driven application to analyse disk usage in a GNOME environment. It can easily scan either the whole filesystem tree, or a specific user-requested directory branch (local or remote).
It also auto-detects in real-time any changes made to your home directory as far as any mounted/unmounted device. Disk Usage Analyzer also provides a full graphical treemap window for each selected folder.
There are three methods to install baobab 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 baobab Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install baobab using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install baobab
Install baobab Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install baobab using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install baobab
Install baobab 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 baobab using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install baobab
How To Uninstall baobab on Debian 10
To uninstall only the baobab package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove baobab
Uninstall baobab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall baobab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove baobab
Remove baobab Configurations and Data
To remove baobab configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge baobab
Remove baobab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove baobab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge baobab
Dependencies
baobab have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install baobab package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.