How To Install gerstensaft on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gerstensaft on Debian 9. gerstensaft is Frontend for Simple Asynchronous File Transfer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gerstensaft on Debian 9.

What is gerstensaft

gerstensaft is:

Gerstensaft is an easy to use graphical oriented frontend for sendfile(1). It features sending files and directories and provides a history for addresses.

There are three methods to install gerstensaft 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 gerstensaft Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gerstensaft using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gerstensaft

Install gerstensaft Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gerstensaft using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gerstensaft

Install gerstensaft 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 gerstensaft using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gerstensaft

How To Uninstall gerstensaft on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gerstensaft package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gerstensaft

Uninstall gerstensaft And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gerstensaft

Remove gerstensaft Configurations and Data

To remove gerstensaft configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gerstensaft

Remove gerstensaft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gerstensaft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gerstensaft

Dependencies

gerstensaft have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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