How To Install fp-units-fcl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-units-fcl on Debian 9.
What is fp-units-fcl
fp-units-fcl is:
The Free Pascal Compiler is an Object Pascal compiler supporting both Delphi and Turbo Pascal 7.0 dialects, as well as Mac Pascal dialects. It provides a completely portable RunTime Library (RTL) available on many platforms and compatible with Turbo Pascal, along with a platform-independent class-based Free Component Library (FCL) adding many Delphi extensions and interfacing with many popular open source libraries.
This dependency package always depends on the latest available version of the package containing the Free Component Library for the Free Pascal Compiler.
There are three methods to install fp-units-fcl 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 fp-units-fcl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fp-units-fcl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fp-units-fcl
Install fp-units-fcl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fp-units-fcl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fp-units-fcl
Install fp-units-fcl 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 fp-units-fcl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fp-units-fcl
How To Uninstall fp-units-fcl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fp-units-fcl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fp-units-fcl
Uninstall fp-units-fcl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fp-units-fcl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fp-units-fcl
Remove fp-units-fcl Configurations and Data
To remove fp-units-fcl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fp-units-fcl
Remove fp-units-fcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fp-units-fcl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fp-units-fcl
Dependencies
fp-units-fcl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-units-fcl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.