How To Install cil on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cil on Debian 9.

What is cil

cil is:

‘cil’ allows easy command-line creation of an issue tracker. It saves each issue locally and in plain text. Commands are given such that these issues can be added, edited and listed easily.

There are three methods to install cil 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 cil Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cil

Install cil Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cil

Install cil 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 cil using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cil

How To Uninstall cil on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove cil

Uninstall cil And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cil and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cil

Remove cil Configurations and Data

To remove cil configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cil

Remove cil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cil

Dependencies

cil have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• perl
• libclass-accessor-perl
• libdatetime-perl
• libdigest-perl
• libemail-date-perl
• libemail-find-perl
• libemail-simple-perl
• libfile-homedir-perl
• libfile-slurp-perl
• libfile-touch-perl

References

• cil website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cil package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.