How To Install dosage on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosage on Debian 9.
What is dosage
dosage is:
Dosage downloads comic strips. It can retrieve just the latest strip in a comic, catch-up to the last strip downloaded, or download a strip for a particular date/index if the website layout allows it.
There are three methods to install dosage 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 dosage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dosage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dosage
Install dosage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dosage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dosage
Install dosage 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 dosage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dosage
How To Uninstall dosage on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dosage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dosage
Uninstall dosage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dosage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dosage
Remove dosage Configurations and Data
To remove dosage configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dosage
Remove dosage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dosage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dosage
Dependencies
dosage have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosage package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.