How To Install gip on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gip on Debian 9.
What is gip
gip is:
Gip provides system administrators with tools for IP address based calculations. For example, an administrator who needs to find out which IP prefix length equals the IP netmask 255.255.240.0, just types in the mask and gets the prefix length presented. But many more advanced calculations can be made. Gip can convert an address range into a list of prefix lengths. It can also split subnets using a given IP netmask or IP prefix length. Many more calculations are possible.
There are three methods to install gip 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 gip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gip
Install gip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gip
Install gip 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 gip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gip
How To Uninstall gip on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gip
Uninstall gip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gip
Remove gip Configurations and Data
To remove gip configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gip
Remove gip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gip
Dependencies
gip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gip package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.