How To Install freefilesync on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freefilesync on Debian 12.
What is freefilesync
freefilesync is:
FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization software that creates and manages backup copies of all your important files. Instead of copying every file every time, FreeFileSync determines the differences between a source and a target folder and transfers only the minimum amount of data needed. FreeFileSync is Open Source software, available for Windows, Linux and macOS.
This is the “GPL release” which uses the sources as published by the author, as opposed to the “FreeFileSync Donation Edition”.
There are three methods to install freefilesync 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 freefilesync Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freefilesync using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freefilesync
Install freefilesync Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freefilesync using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freefilesync
Install freefilesync 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 freefilesync using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freefilesync
How To Uninstall freefilesync on Debian 12
To uninstall only the freefilesync package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freefilesync
Uninstall freefilesync And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freefilesync and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freefilesync
Remove freefilesync Configurations and Data
To remove freefilesync configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freefilesync
Remove freefilesync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freefilesync configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freefilesync
Dependencies
freefilesync have the following dependencies:
- xdg-utils
- libc6
- libcurl4
- libgcc-s1
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libselinux1
- libssh2-1
- libssl3
- libstdc++6
- libwxbase3.2-1
- libwxgtk3.2-1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freefilesync package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
