How To Install cream on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cream on Debian 9.
What is cream
cream is:
Cream’s motto is “Cream makes the powerful Vim text editor easy!”. It brings a completely different look and feel to the VIM for those who are used to more intuitive editors while still preserving the more powerful features of VIM. It features pull-down menus, color themes, bookmarking, auto spellcheck and more. It leaves the default VIM untouched and is started by running ‘cream’.
There are three methods to install cream 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 cream Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cream using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cream
Install cream Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cream using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cream
Install cream 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 cream using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cream
How To Uninstall cream on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cream package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cream
Uninstall cream And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cream and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cream
Remove cream Configurations and Data
To remove cream configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cream
Remove cream configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cream configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cream
Dependencies
cream have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cream package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.