How To Install bash on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bash on Debian 12.
What is bash
bash is:
Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).
Bash is ultimately intended to be a conformant implementation of the IEEE POSIX Shell and Tools specification (IEEE Working Group 1003.2).
The Programmable Completion Code, by Ian Macdonald, is now found in the bash-completion package.
There are three methods to install bash on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bash Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bash
Install bash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bash
Install bash 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 bash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bash
How To Uninstall bash on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bash
Uninstall bash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bash
Remove bash Configurations and Data
To remove bash configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bash
Remove bash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bash
Dependencies
bash have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bash package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.