How To Install context on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install context on Debian 12.
What is context
context is:
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There are three methods to install context on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install context Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install context using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install context
Install context Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install context using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install context
Install context 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 context using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install context
How To Uninstall context on Debian 12
To uninstall only the context package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove context
Uninstall context And Its Dependencies
To uninstall context and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove context
Remove context Configurations and Data
To remove context configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge context
Remove context configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove context configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge context
Dependencies
context have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install context package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.