How To Install blag on Debian 12

Learn how to install blag on Debian 12 with this tutorial. blag is Blog-aware, static site generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blag on Debian 12.

What is blag

blag is:

Blag is a blog-aware, static site generator, written in Python. It supports the following features:

  • Write content in Markdown
  • Theming support using Jinja2 templates
  • Generation of Atom feeds for blog content
  • Fenced code blocks and syntax highlighting using Pygments
  • Integrated devserver
  • Available on PyPI

There are three methods to install blag 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 blag Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install blag using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install blag

Install blag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install blag using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install blag

Install blag 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 blag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blag

How To Uninstall blag on Debian 12

To uninstall only the blag package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove blag

Uninstall blag And Its Dependencies

To uninstall blag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blag

Remove blag Configurations and Data

To remove blag configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge blag

Remove blag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove blag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blag

Dependencies

blag have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install blag package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.