How To Install bvi on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bvi on Debian 10.
What is bvi
bvi is:
The bvi is a display-oriented editor for binary files, based on the vi text editor. If you are familiar with vi, just start the editor and begin to edit! If you never heard about vi, maybe bvi is not the best choice for you.
There are three methods to install bvi on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bvi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bvi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bvi
Install bvi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bvi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bvi
Install bvi 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 bvi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bvi
How To Uninstall bvi on Debian 10
To uninstall only the bvi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bvi
Uninstall bvi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bvi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bvi
Remove bvi Configurations and Data
To remove bvi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bvi
Remove bvi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bvi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bvi
Dependencies
bvi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bvi package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.