How To Install gstm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstm on Debian 9.
What is gstm
gstm is:
GNOME Secure shell Tunnel Manager is a front-end to manage secure shell tunneled port redirects. A port redirect is when you use secure shell to tunnel from your machine through another machine.
There are three methods to install gstm 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 gstm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gstm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstm
Install gstm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gstm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstm
Install gstm 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 gstm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstm
How To Uninstall gstm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gstm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstm
Uninstall gstm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstm
Remove gstm Configurations and Data
To remove gstm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstm
Remove gstm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstm
Dependencies
gstm have the following dependencies:
- ssh-client
- ssh-askpass-gnome
- gconf-service
- libart-2.0-2
- libatk1.0-0
- libbonobo2-0
- libbonoboui2-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgconf-2-4
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-2-0
- libgnomecanvas2-0
- libgnomeui-0
- libgnomevfs2-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.