How To Install global on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install global on Debian 9.
What is global
global is:
GNU GLOBAL is a source code tag system that works the same way across diverse environments. Currently, it supports the following:
o command line, and the ‘globash’ query subshell. o vim plugin, and support for other vi clones. o less o emacs o web browser
Supported languages are C, C++, yacc and Java. You can locate a specified function in the source files and move there easily. It is especially useful for hacking large projects containing many subdirectories, many ‘#ifdef’ and many main() functions, like X or kernel source.
Doxygen now supports using global as its source browser, with the USE_HTAGS option.
There are three methods to install global 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 global Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install global using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install global
Install global Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install global using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install global
Install global 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 global using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install global
How To Uninstall global on Debian 9
To uninstall only the global package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove global
Uninstall global And Its Dependencies
To uninstall global and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove global
Remove global Configurations and Data
To remove global configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge global
Remove global configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove global configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge global
Dependencies
global have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install global package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.