How To Install cutils on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cutils on Debian 11.
What is cutils
cutils is:
This package contains several utilities which may be useful to developers of C source code utilities, namely: cdecl and cundecl - decode and encode C type declarations cobfusc - make a C source file unreadable but compilable chilight - highlight C source files cunloop - unloop C loops yyextract - extract grammar rules from yacc grammar yyref - yacc grammar reference program
There are three methods to install cutils 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 cutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cutils
Install cutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cutils
Install cutils 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 cutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cutils
How To Uninstall cutils on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cutils
Uninstall cutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cutils
Remove cutils Configurations and Data
To remove cutils configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cutils
Remove cutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cutils
Dependencies
cutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cutils package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.