How To Install dlocate on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dlocate on Debian 9.
What is dlocate
dlocate is:
Uses GNU grep and text dumps of dpkg’s data to greatly speed up finding out which package a file belongs to (i.e. a very fast dpkg -S). Many other uses, including options to view all files in a package, calculate disk space used, view and check md5sums, list man pages, etc.
There are three methods to install dlocate 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 dlocate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dlocate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dlocate
Install dlocate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dlocate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dlocate
Install dlocate 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 dlocate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dlocate
How To Uninstall dlocate on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dlocate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dlocate
Uninstall dlocate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dlocate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dlocate
Remove dlocate Configurations and Data
To remove dlocate configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dlocate
Remove dlocate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dlocate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dlocate
Dependencies
dlocate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dlocate package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.