How To Install flip on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flip on Debian 12.
What is flip
flip is:
The program converts line endings of text files between MS-DOS and *nix formats. It detects binary files in a nearly foolproof way and leaves them alone unless you override this. It will also leave files alone that are already in the right format and preserves file timestamps. User interrupts are handled gracefully and no garbage or corrupted files left behind.
The program does not convert files to a different character set, and it can not handle old Apple Macintosh line endings that use CR only. For that (and more), you can use the ‘recode’ program (package ‘recode’).
There are three methods to install flip on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flip
Install flip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flip
Install flip 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 flip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flip
How To Uninstall flip on Debian 12
To uninstall only the flip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flip
Uninstall flip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flip
Remove flip Configurations and Data
To remove flip configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flip
Remove flip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flip
Dependencies
flip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flip package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.