How To Install eb-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eb-utils on Debian 9.
What is eb-utils
eb-utils is:
EB Library is a C library for accessing CD-ROM books.
EB Library supports to access CD-ROM books of EB, EBG, EBXA, EBXA-C, S-EBXA and EPWING formats. CD-ROM books of those formats are popular in Japan. Since CD-ROM books themseves are stands on the ISO 9660 format, you can mount the discs by the same way as other ISO 9660 discs.
This package provides utility commands of EB Library.
There are three methods to install eb-utils 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 eb-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eb-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eb-utils
Install eb-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eb-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eb-utils
Install eb-utils 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 eb-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eb-utils
How To Uninstall eb-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the eb-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eb-utils
Uninstall eb-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eb-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eb-utils
Remove eb-utils Configurations and Data
To remove eb-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eb-utils
Remove eb-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eb-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eb-utils
Dependencies
eb-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eb-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.