How To Install hello-traditional on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hello-traditional on Debian 9.
What is hello-traditional
hello-traditional is:
The GNU hello program produces a familiar, friendly greeting. It allows non-programmers to use a classic computer science tool which would otherwise be unavailable to them.
Seriously, though: this is an example of how to do a Debian package. It is the Debian version of the GNU Project’s `hello world’ program (which is itself an example for the GNU Project).
This is the same as the hello package, except it does not use debhelper (hence the “traditional” suffix).
There are three methods to install hello-traditional 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 hello-traditional Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hello-traditional using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hello-traditional
Install hello-traditional Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hello-traditional using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hello-traditional
Install hello-traditional 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 hello-traditional using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hello-traditional
How To Uninstall hello-traditional on Debian 9
To uninstall only the hello-traditional package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hello-traditional
Uninstall hello-traditional And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hello-traditional and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hello-traditional
Remove hello-traditional Configurations and Data
To remove hello-traditional configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hello-traditional
Remove hello-traditional configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hello-traditional configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hello-traditional
Dependencies
hello-traditional have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hello-traditional package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.