How To Install guile-ssh on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-ssh on Debian 11.
What is guile-ssh
guile-ssh is:
Guile-SSH is a library that provides access to the SSH protocol for programs written in GNU Guile interpreter. It is built upon the libssh library.
This includes the GNU Guile bindings.
There are three methods to install guile-ssh on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install guile-ssh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guile-ssh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guile-ssh
Install guile-ssh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guile-ssh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guile-ssh
Install guile-ssh 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 guile-ssh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guile-ssh
How To Uninstall guile-ssh on Debian 11
To uninstall only the guile-ssh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guile-ssh
Uninstall guile-ssh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guile-ssh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-ssh
Remove guile-ssh Configurations and Data
To remove guile-ssh configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guile-ssh
Remove guile-ssh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guile-ssh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guile-ssh
Dependencies
guile-ssh have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-ssh package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.