How To Install cabal-debian on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cabal-debian on Debian 9.
What is cabal-debian
cabal-debian is:
Tool for creating debianizations of Haskell packages based on the .cabal file. If apt-file is installed it will use it to discover what is the Debian package name of a C library.
There are three methods to install cabal-debian 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 cabal-debian Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cabal-debian using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cabal-debian
Install cabal-debian Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cabal-debian using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cabal-debian
Install cabal-debian 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 cabal-debian using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cabal-debian
How To Uninstall cabal-debian on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cabal-debian package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cabal-debian
Uninstall cabal-debian And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cabal-debian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cabal-debian
Remove cabal-debian Configurations and Data
To remove cabal-debian configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cabal-debian
Remove cabal-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cabal-debian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cabal-debian
Dependencies
cabal-debian have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cabal-debian package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.