How To Install fet on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fet on Debian 9.
What is fet
fet is:
FET is a program for automatically generating the timetable of a school, high-school or university.
Usually, FET is able to solve a complicated timetable in maximum 5-20 minutes. For simpler timetables, it may take a shorter time, under 5 minutes (in some cases, a matter of seconds). For extremely difficult timetables, it may take a longer time, a matter of hours.
There are three methods to install fet 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 fet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fet
Install fet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fet
Install fet 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 fet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fet
How To Uninstall fet on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fet
Uninstall fet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fet
Remove fet Configurations and Data
To remove fet configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fet
Remove fet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fet
Dependencies
fet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fet package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.