How To Install freepwing on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freepwing on Debian 11.
What is freepwing
freepwing is:
This program translates data in various “Electric Book” (popular in Japan) formats into a single JIS X 4081 format. JIS X 4081 is a subset of the EPWING V1, which is the standardized format for electric publishing. Thus after conversion, you can read such data with your favorite EPWING viewer without worrying which formats your data originally were.
There are three methods to install freepwing on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freepwing Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freepwing using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freepwing
Install freepwing Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freepwing using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freepwing
Install freepwing 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 freepwing using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freepwing
How To Uninstall freepwing on Debian 11
To uninstall only the freepwing package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freepwing
Uninstall freepwing And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freepwing and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freepwing
Remove freepwing Configurations and Data
To remove freepwing configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freepwing
Remove freepwing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freepwing configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freepwing
Dependencies
freepwing have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freepwing package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.