How To Install ebview on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ebview on Debian 9.
What is ebview
ebview is:
This tool can read multiple dictionaries at the same time and provides a search facility supporting the X11 cut-and-paste buffer.
There are three methods to install ebview 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 ebview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ebview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ebview
Install ebview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ebview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ebview
Install ebview 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 ebview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ebview
How To Uninstall ebview on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ebview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ebview
Uninstall ebview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ebview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ebview
Remove ebview Configurations and Data
To remove ebview configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ebview
Remove ebview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ebview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ebview
Dependencies
ebview have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libeb16
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libx11-6
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ebview package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.