How To Install cruft on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cruft on Debian 11.
What is cruft
cruft is:
cruft is a program to look over your system for anything that shouldn’t be there, but is; or for anything that should be there, but isn’t.
It bases most of its results on dpkg’s database, as well as a list of `extra files’ that can appear during the lifetime of various packages.
cruft is still in pre-release; your assistance in improving its accuracy and performance is appreciated.
There are three methods to install cruft on Debian 11. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cruft
Install cruft Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cruft using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cruft
Install cruft 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cruft
How To Uninstall cruft on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cruft package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cruft
Uninstall cruft And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cruft and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cruft
Remove cruft Configurations and Data
To remove cruft configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cruft
Remove cruft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cruft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cruft
Dependencies
cruft have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cruft package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.