How To Install cruft-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cruft-common on Debian 9.
What is cruft-common
cruft-common is:
cruft & cruft-ng are programs to look over your system for anything that shouldn’t be there, but is; or for anything that should be there, but isn’t.
This package contain extra information about packages that are not available in Debian standard packages information repositories like dpkg, alternatives, diversions, …
There are three methods to install cruft-common 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 cruft-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cruft-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cruft-common
Install cruft-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cruft-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cruft-common
Install cruft-common 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 cruft-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cruft-common
How To Uninstall cruft-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cruft-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cruft-common
Uninstall cruft-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cruft-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cruft-common
Remove cruft-common Configurations and Data
To remove cruft-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cruft-common
Remove cruft-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cruft-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cruft-common
Dependencies
cruft-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cruft-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.