How To Install fp-units-fv on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-units-fv on Debian 9. fp-units-fv is Free Pascal - Free Vision units dependency package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-units-fv on Debian 9.

What is fp-units-fv

fp-units-fv 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 Vision units for the Free Pascal Compiler (which provide a framework for developing text user interfaces).

There are three methods to install fp-units-fv 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-fv 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-fv using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fp-units-fv

Install fp-units-fv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fp-units-fv using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fp-units-fv

Install fp-units-fv 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-fv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fp-units-fv

How To Uninstall fp-units-fv on Debian 9

To uninstall only the fp-units-fv package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fp-units-fv

Uninstall fp-units-fv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fp-units-fv

Remove fp-units-fv Configurations and Data

To remove fp-units-fv configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fp-units-fv

Remove fp-units-fv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fp-units-fv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fp-units-fv

Dependencies

fp-units-fv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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