How To Install glimpse on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glimpse on Debian 11.
What is glimpse
glimpse is:
Glimpse, which stands for GLobal IMPlicit SEarch, is a very popular UNIX indexing and query system that allows you to search through a large set of files very quickly. Glimpse supports most of agrep’s options (agrep is our powerful version of grep) including approximate matching (e.g., finding misspelled words), Boolean queries, and even some limited forms of regular expressions.
There are three methods to install glimpse 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 glimpse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glimpse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glimpse
Install glimpse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glimpse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glimpse
Install glimpse 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 glimpse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glimpse
How To Uninstall glimpse on Debian 11
To uninstall only the glimpse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glimpse
Uninstall glimpse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glimpse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glimpse
Remove glimpse Configurations and Data
To remove glimpse configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glimpse
Remove glimpse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glimpse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glimpse
Dependencies
glimpse have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glimpse package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.