How To Install configure-debian on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install configure-debian on Debian 10.
What is configure-debian
configure-debian is:
configure-debian is a program which presents a list of packages which use Debconf, Debian’s configuration management system.
Debconf provides first-time installation wizards that run when a package is installed. You may reconfigure these packages at a later time, if you wish, and configure-debian makes that very easy.
configure-debian splits the package lists into the subsections which make up the Debian archive, such as x11, base, gnome, or kde.
There are three methods to install configure-debian 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 configure-debian Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install configure-debian using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install configure-debian
Install configure-debian Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install configure-debian using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install configure-debian
Install configure-debian 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 configure-debian using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install configure-debian
How To Uninstall configure-debian on Debian 10
To uninstall only the configure-debian package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove configure-debian
Uninstall configure-debian And Its Dependencies
To uninstall configure-debian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove configure-debian
Remove configure-debian Configurations and Data
To remove configure-debian configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge configure-debian
Remove configure-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove configure-debian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge configure-debian
Dependencies
configure-debian have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install configure-debian package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.