How To Install cpu on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cpu on Debian 9.
What is cpu
cpu is:
CPU is a suitable replacement for the useradd/usermod/userdel utilities for administrators using an LDAP backend and wishing to have a suite of command line tools for doing the administration.
There are three methods to install cpu 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 cpu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cpu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cpu
Install cpu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cpu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cpu
Install cpu 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 cpu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cpu
How To Uninstall cpu on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cpu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cpu
Uninstall cpu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cpu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpu
Remove cpu Configurations and Data
To remove cpu configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cpu
Remove cpu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cpu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpu
Dependencies
cpu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cpu package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.