How To Install blosxom on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blosxom on Debian 9.
What is blosxom
blosxom is:
Blosxom (pronounced “Blossom”) is a lightweight yet feature-packed weblog application designed from the ground up with simplicity, usability, and interoperability in mind.
Fundamental is its reliance upon the file system, folders and files as its content database. Blosxom’s weblog entries are plain text files like any other. Write from the comfort of your favorite text editor and hit the Save button. Create, edit, rename, and delete entries on the command-line, via FTP, WebDAV, or anything else you might use to manipulate your files. There’s no import or export; entries are nothing more complex than title on the first line, body being everything thereafter.
Despite its tiny footprint, Blosxom doesn’t skimp on features, sporting the majority of features one would find in any other Weblog application. Additionally, Blosxom 2 includes support for plugins, and thus much more extensive customization.
Blosxom is simple, straightforward, minimalist Perl affording even the dabbler an opportunity for experimentation and customization. And last, but not least, Blosxom is open source and free for the taking and altering.
There are three methods to install blosxom 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 blosxom Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install blosxom using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blosxom
Install blosxom Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blosxom using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blosxom
Install blosxom 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 blosxom using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blosxom
How To Uninstall blosxom on Debian 9
To uninstall only the blosxom package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blosxom
Uninstall blosxom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blosxom and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blosxom
Remove blosxom Configurations and Data
To remove blosxom configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blosxom
Remove blosxom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blosxom configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blosxom
Dependencies
blosxom have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blosxom package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.