How To Install ffe on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffe on Debian 10.
What is ffe
ffe is:
Ffe has many areas of use with fixed length and CSV files. It can extract particular fields or records from a flat file, convert data from one format to another (CSV to fixed length, …), display flat file content in human readable form, etc. In addition, one input file can contain several types of records (lines) and the input file structure and output definitions are independent, meaning one output format can be used with several input files. This input file structure and output format are ‘freely’ configurable, so the output can be formatted e.g. as: fixed length, separated, tokenized, XML, SQL, …
There are three methods to install ffe on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ffe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ffe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffe
Install ffe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffe
Install ffe 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 ffe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffe
How To Uninstall ffe on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ffe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffe
Uninstall ffe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffe
Remove ffe Configurations and Data
To remove ffe configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffe
Remove ffe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffe
Dependencies
ffe have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffe package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.