How To Install catfish on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install catfish on Debian 10.
What is catfish
catfish is:
Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and UNIX. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only Gtk+3. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.
There are three methods to install catfish 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 catfish Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install catfish using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install catfish
Install catfish Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install catfish using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install catfish
Install catfish 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 catfish using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install catfish
How To Uninstall catfish on Debian 10
To uninstall only the catfish package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove catfish
Uninstall catfish And Its Dependencies
To uninstall catfish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove catfish
Remove catfish Configurations and Data
To remove catfish configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge catfish
Remove catfish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove catfish configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge catfish
Dependencies
catfish have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-pango-1.0
- python3-gi-cairo
- python3-pexpect
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install catfish package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.