How To Install debian-reference-common on Debian 12

Learn how to install debian-reference-common on Debian 12 with this tutorial. debian-reference-common is Debian system administration guide, common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-reference-common on Debian 12.

What is debian-reference-common

debian-reference-common is:

This Debian Reference is intended to provide a broad overview of the Debian system as a post-installation user’s guide. It covers many aspects of system administration through shell-command examples for non-developers.

This only provides menu functionality and other common files.

There are three methods to install debian-reference-common 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 debian-reference-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debian-reference-common

Install debian-reference-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install debian-reference-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install debian-reference-common

Install debian-reference-common 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 debian-reference-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debian-reference-common

How To Uninstall debian-reference-common on Debian 12

To uninstall only the debian-reference-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove debian-reference-common

Uninstall debian-reference-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debian-reference-common

Remove debian-reference-common Configurations and Data

To remove debian-reference-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge debian-reference-common

Remove debian-reference-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove debian-reference-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debian-reference-common

Dependencies

debian-reference-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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