How To Install featherpad on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install featherpad on Debian 11.
What is featherpad
featherpad is:
FeatherPad is a lightweight Qt5 plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and comes with all features one would expect in a modern editor.
This package contains the application files.
There are three methods to install featherpad on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install featherpad Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install featherpad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install featherpad
Install featherpad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install featherpad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install featherpad
Install featherpad 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 featherpad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install featherpad
How To Uninstall featherpad on Debian 11
To uninstall only the featherpad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove featherpad
Uninstall featherpad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall featherpad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove featherpad
Remove featherpad Configurations and Data
To remove featherpad configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge featherpad
Remove featherpad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove featherpad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge featherpad
Dependencies
featherpad have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libhunspell-1.7-0
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5svg5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5x11extras5
- libstdc++6
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install featherpad package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.