How To Install debfoster on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debfoster on Debian 11.
What is debfoster
debfoster is:
debfoster is a wrapper program for apt and dpkg. When first run, it will ask you which of the installed packages you want to keep installed.
After that, it maintains a list of packages that you want to have installed on your system. It uses this list to detect packages that have been installed only because other packages depended on them. If one of these dependencies changes, debfoster will take notice, and ask if you want to remove the old package.
This helps you to maintain a clean Debian install, without old (mainly library) packages lying around that aren’t used any more.
There are three methods to install debfoster 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 debfoster Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debfoster using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debfoster
Install debfoster Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debfoster using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debfoster
Install debfoster 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 debfoster using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debfoster
How To Uninstall debfoster on Debian 11
To uninstall only the debfoster package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debfoster
Uninstall debfoster And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debfoster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debfoster
Remove debfoster Configurations and Data
To remove debfoster configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debfoster
Remove debfoster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debfoster configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debfoster
Dependencies
debfoster have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debfoster package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.