How To Install ddccontrol-db on Debian 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ddccontrol-db on Debian 10.

What is ddccontrol-db

ddccontrol-db is:

Database of monitors used by ddccontrol. This is mostly useless without ddccontrol.

There are three methods to install ddccontrol-db 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 ddccontrol-db Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ddccontrol-db

Install ddccontrol-db Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ddccontrol-db

Install ddccontrol-db 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 ddccontrol-db using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ddccontrol-db

How To Uninstall ddccontrol-db on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ddccontrol-db package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ddccontrol-db

Uninstall ddccontrol-db And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ddccontrol-db and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ddccontrol-db

Remove ddccontrol-db Configurations and Data

To remove ddccontrol-db configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ddccontrol-db

Remove ddccontrol-db configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ddccontrol-db

Dependencies

ddccontrol-db have the following dependencies:

References

• ddccontrol-db website
• ddccontrol-db on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ddccontrol-db package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.