How To Install discus on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install discus on Debian 9.
What is discus
discus is:
Discus aims to make df prettier, with features such as color, graphs, and smart formatting of numbers (automatically choosing the most suitable size from kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes). If you don’t want Discus deciding the best sizes, you can also choose your own increments, along with specifying the number of decimal places you’d like to see.
There are three methods to install discus on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install discus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install discus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install discus
Install discus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install discus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install discus
Install discus 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 discus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install discus
How To Uninstall discus on Debian 9
To uninstall only the discus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove discus
Uninstall discus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall discus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove discus
Remove discus Configurations and Data
To remove discus configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge discus
Remove discus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove discus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge discus
Dependencies
discus have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install discus package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.