How To Install bar on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bar on Debian 11.
What is bar
bar is:
Bar is a simple tool to process a stream of data and print a display for the user on stderr showing (a) the amount of data passed, (b) the throughput of the data transfer, and, if the total size of the data stream is known, (c) estimated time remaining, percent complete, and a progress bar.
Bar was originally written for the purpose of estimating the amount of time needed to transfer large amounts (many, many gigabytes) of data across a network. (Usually in an SSH/tar pipe.)
There are three methods to install bar 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 bar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bar
Install bar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bar
Install bar 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 bar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bar
How To Uninstall bar on Debian 11
To uninstall only the bar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bar
Uninstall bar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bar
Remove bar Configurations and Data
To remove bar configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bar
Remove bar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bar
Dependencies
bar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bar package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.