How To Install grab on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grab on Debian 12.
What is grab
grab is:
Downloading the internet, one goroutine at a time!
Grab is a Go package for downloading files from the internet with the following rad features:
- Monitor download progress concurrently
- Auto-resume incomplete downloads
- Guess filename from content header or URL path
- Safely cancel downloads using context.Context
- Validate downloads using checksums
- Download batches of files concurrently
- Apply rate limiters
This package contains the grab program.
There are three methods to install grab on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install grab Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grab using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grab
Install grab Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grab using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grab
Install grab 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 grab using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grab
How To Uninstall grab on Debian 12
To uninstall only the grab package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grab
Uninstall grab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grab
Remove grab Configurations and Data
To remove grab configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grab
Remove grab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grab
Dependencies
grab have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grab package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
