How To Install bidiv on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bidiv on Debian 9.
What is bidiv
bidiv is:
bidiv is a simple utility for converting logical-Hebrew input to visual-Hebrew output. This is useful for reading Hebrew mail messages, viewing Hebrew texts, etc. It was written for Hebrew but Arabic (or other BiDi languages) should work equally well.
There are three methods to install bidiv 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 bidiv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bidiv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bidiv
Install bidiv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bidiv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bidiv
Install bidiv 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 bidiv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bidiv
How To Uninstall bidiv on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bidiv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bidiv
Uninstall bidiv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bidiv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bidiv
Remove bidiv Configurations and Data
To remove bidiv configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bidiv
Remove bidiv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bidiv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bidiv
Dependencies
bidiv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bidiv package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.