How To Install colormake on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colormake on Debian 10.
What is colormake
colormake is:
This package contains colormake.pl which parses the output of make to colorize it to make it easier read. In addition, there are two wrapper scripts included, colormake and clmake, which can be invoked instead of make with colorized output on-the-fly.
There are three methods to install colormake 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 colormake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install colormake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install colormake
Install colormake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install colormake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install colormake
Install colormake 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 colormake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install colormake
How To Uninstall colormake on Debian 10
To uninstall only the colormake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove colormake
Uninstall colormake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colormake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove colormake
Remove colormake Configurations and Data
To remove colormake configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge colormake
Remove colormake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove colormake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colormake
Dependencies
colormake have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colormake package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.