How To Install classified-ads on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install classified-ads on Debian 9.

What is classified-ads

classified-ads is:

Classified ads is an attempt to re-produce parts of the functionality that went away when usenet news ceased to exist. This attempt tries to fix the problem of disappearing news-servers so that there is no servers required; data storage is implemented inside client applications that users are running. Features of the program currently include

• Posting of ads online, with categorization.
• Replying to ads either in public or privately to operator.
• Binary attachments to posts.
• Providing basic data of operators
• Basic searching of content based on words.
• Audio negotiations between operators.

There are three methods to install classified-ads 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 classified-ads Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install classified-ads

Install classified-ads Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install classified-ads

Install classified-ads 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 classified-ads using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install classified-ads

How To Uninstall classified-ads on Debian 9

To uninstall only the classified-ads package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove classified-ads

Uninstall classified-ads And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove classified-ads

Remove classified-ads Configurations and Data

To remove classified-ads configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge classified-ads

Remove classified-ads configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge classified-ads

Dependencies

classified-ads have the following dependencies:

• libqt5sql5-sqlite
• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• classified-ads website

Summary

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