How To Install fishpoke on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fishpoke on Debian 9. fishpoke is client for the Fishpoll server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fishpoke on Debian 9.

What is fishpoke

fishpoke is:

The fishpoke program is used to trigger a poll immediately instead of waiting for the configured polling interval.

There are three methods to install fishpoke 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 fishpoke Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fishpoke using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fishpoke

Install fishpoke Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fishpoke using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fishpoke

Install fishpoke 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 fishpoke using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fishpoke

How To Uninstall fishpoke on Debian 9

To uninstall only the fishpoke package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fishpoke

Uninstall fishpoke And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fishpoke and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fishpoke

Remove fishpoke Configurations and Data

To remove fishpoke configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fishpoke

Remove fishpoke configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fishpoke configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fishpoke

Dependencies

fishpoke have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fishpoke package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.