How To Install bti on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install bti on Debian 11. bti is command line Twitter client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bti on Debian 11.

What is bti

bti is:

bti sends a tweet message to twitter.com.

bti provides an easy way to send tweet messages directly from the command line or a script. It reads the message on standard input and uses the account and password settings either from the command line options or from a config file to deliver the message.

Besides sending messages bti also allows one to see one’s friends’, a group’s or a specific user’s timeline, the public timeline, replies to messages, and direct messages.

There are three methods to install bti on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bti Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bti

Install bti Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bti

Install bti 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 bti using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bti

How To Uninstall bti on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove bti

Uninstall bti And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bti and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bti

Remove bti Configurations and Data

To remove bti configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bti

Remove bti configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bti

Dependencies

bti have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bti package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.