How To Install diceware on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install diceware on Debian 10.
What is diceware
diceware is:
Passphrase generator following the proposals of Arnold G. Reinhold on http://diceware.com . It generates passphrases by concatenating words randomly picked from wordlists.
There are three methods to install diceware 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 diceware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install diceware using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install diceware
Install diceware Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install diceware using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install diceware
Install diceware 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 diceware using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install diceware
How To Uninstall diceware on Debian 10
To uninstall only the diceware package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove diceware
Uninstall diceware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall diceware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove diceware
Remove diceware Configurations and Data
To remove diceware configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge diceware
Remove diceware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove diceware configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diceware
Dependencies
diceware have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install diceware package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.