How To Install cwebx on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cwebx on Debian 11.
What is cwebx
cwebx is:
CWEBx is a complete rewrite of Levy & Knuth’s version of CWEB. It uses a slightly different syntax from the L&K version, but provides a compatibility mode allowing L&K CWEB sources to be processed, producing similar (though not necessarily identical) output.
CWEB allows you to write documents which can be used simultaneously as C/C++ programs and as TeX documentation for them.
The philosophy behind CWEB is that programmers who want to provide the best possible documentation for their programs need two things simultaneously: a language like TeX for formatting, and a language like C for programming. Neither type of language can provide the best documentation by itself. But when both are appropriately combined, we obtain a system that is much more useful than either language separately.
There are three methods to install cwebx 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 cwebx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cwebx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cwebx
Install cwebx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cwebx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cwebx
Install cwebx 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 cwebx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cwebx
How To Uninstall cwebx on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cwebx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cwebx
Uninstall cwebx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cwebx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cwebx
Remove cwebx Configurations and Data
To remove cwebx configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cwebx
Remove cwebx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cwebx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cwebx
Dependencies
cwebx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cwebx package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.