How To Install daptup on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install daptup on Debian 10.
What is daptup
daptup is:
Daptup is the apt hook which runs automatically within ‘apt-get update’ or ‘cupt update’ and outputs four lists:
- packages came to archive with this update;
- new upgradeable packages;
- changes in “watched” packages (not installed, such packages have to be specified in configuration file);
- outdated packages that have a new install candidate (optionally).
There are three methods to install daptup 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 daptup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install daptup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install daptup
Install daptup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install daptup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install daptup
Install daptup 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 daptup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install daptup
How To Uninstall daptup on Debian 10
To uninstall only the daptup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove daptup
Uninstall daptup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall daptup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove daptup
Remove daptup Configurations and Data
To remove daptup configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge daptup
Remove daptup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove daptup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge daptup
Dependencies
daptup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install daptup package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.