How To Install gopher on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gopher on Debian 9.
What is gopher
gopher is:
This package contains the client for the distributed global directory and hypertext system known as gopher. This is a text-based (ncurses) client from the University of Minnesota. It also supports the gopher+ protocol, as well as links to ftp, http, and other external viewers.
There are three methods to install gopher 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 gopher Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gopher using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gopher
Install gopher Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gopher using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gopher
Install gopher 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 gopher using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gopher
How To Uninstall gopher on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gopher package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gopher
Uninstall gopher And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gopher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gopher
Remove gopher Configurations and Data
To remove gopher configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gopher
Remove gopher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gopher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gopher
Dependencies
gopher have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gopher package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.