How To Install gist on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gist on Debian 9.
What is gist
gist is:
Allows you to convienently create gists (“pastes”).
Also provides a Ruby library to do this.
The “gist” image viewer from yorick is in the yorick package, not in this package.
There are three methods to install gist 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 gist Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gist using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gist
Install gist Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gist using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gist
Install gist 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 gist using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gist
How To Uninstall gist on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gist package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gist
Uninstall gist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gist
Remove gist Configurations and Data
To remove gist configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gist
Remove gist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gist configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gist
Dependencies
gist have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gist package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.