How To Install csh on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install csh
on Debian 10.
What is csh
csh is:
The C shell was originally written at UCB to overcome limitations in the Bourne shell. Its flexibility and comfort (at that time) quickly made it the shell of choice until more advanced shells like ksh, bash, zsh or tcsh appeared. Most of the latter incorporate features original to csh.
This package is based on current OpenBSD sources.
There are three methods to install csh
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install csh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install csh
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install csh
Install csh Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install csh
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install csh
Install csh 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 csh
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install csh
How To Uninstall csh on Debian 10
To uninstall only the csh
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove csh
Uninstall csh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall csh
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove csh
Remove csh Configurations and Data
To remove csh
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge csh
Remove csh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove csh
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge csh
Dependencies
csh have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install csh
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.