How To Install basez on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install basez on Debian 9.
What is basez
basez is:
BaseZ encodes/decodes base16, base32, base32hex, base64 or base64url data stream per RFC 4648; MIME base64 Content-Transfer-Encoding per RFC 2045; or PEM Printable Encoding per RFC 1421.
This binary package provides a list of commands: basez hex base16 base32plain base32hex base64plain base64url base64mime base64pem
There are three methods to install basez 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 basez Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install basez using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install basez
Install basez Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install basez using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install basez
Install basez 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 basez using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install basez
How To Uninstall basez on Debian 9
To uninstall only the basez package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove basez
Uninstall basez And Its Dependencies
To uninstall basez and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove basez
Remove basez Configurations and Data
To remove basez configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge basez
Remove basez configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove basez configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge basez
Dependencies
basez have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install basez package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.