How To Install comptext on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install comptext on Debian 10.
What is comptext
comptext is:
Comptext is used to compare two text streams. It’s comparison function uses a linear-programming technique. It computes total number of errors, the character error rate (CER) and the bit error rate (BER).
There are three methods to install comptext 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 comptext Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install comptext using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install comptext
Install comptext Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install comptext using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install comptext
Install comptext 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 comptext using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install comptext
How To Uninstall comptext on Debian 10
To uninstall only the comptext package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove comptext
Uninstall comptext And Its Dependencies
To uninstall comptext and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove comptext
Remove comptext Configurations and Data
To remove comptext configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge comptext
Remove comptext configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove comptext configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge comptext
Dependencies
comptext have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install comptext package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.