How To Install gnupod-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupod-tools on Debian 9.
What is gnupod-tools
gnupod-tools is:
GNUpod is made up of scripts that allow a user to manage a collection of songs and playlists on an Apple iPod. The original iPod, iPod Mini, and iPod Shuffle players are all supported.
There are three methods to install gnupod-tools 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 gnupod-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupod-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnupod-tools
Install gnupod-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupod-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnupod-tools
Install gnupod-tools 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 gnupod-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnupod-tools
How To Uninstall gnupod-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnupod-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnupod-tools
Uninstall gnupod-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnupod-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnupod-tools
Remove gnupod-tools Configurations and Data
To remove gnupod-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnupod-tools
Remove gnupod-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnupod-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnupod-tools
Dependencies
gnupod-tools have the following dependencies:
- perl
- dpkg
- libxml-parser-perl
- libunicode-string-perl
- libxml-simple-perl
- libmp3-info-perl
- libogg-vorbis-header-pureperl-perl
- libaudio-flac-header-perl
- libtimedate-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupod-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.