How To Install daemon on Debian 12

Learn how to install daemon on Debian 12 with this tutorial. daemon is turns other processes into daemons

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install daemon on Debian 12.

What is daemon

daemon is:

There are many tasks that need to be performed to correctly set up a daemon process. This can be tedious. Daemon performs these tasks for other processes. This is useful for writing daemons in languages other than C, C++ or Perl (e.g. /bin/sh, Java).

There are three methods to install daemon on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install daemon Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install daemon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install daemon

Install daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install daemon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install daemon

Install daemon 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 daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install daemon

How To Uninstall daemon on Debian 12

To uninstall only the daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove daemon

Uninstall daemon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove daemon

Remove daemon Configurations and Data

To remove daemon configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge daemon

Remove daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge daemon

Dependencies

daemon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install daemon package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.