How To Install howdoi on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install howdoi on Debian 12.
What is howdoi
howdoi is:
howdoi will search Google for StackOverflow answers and output you the most voted one. Multiple output options are supported, such as providing just a link to the answer, providing multiple answers for the same question, etc.
There are three methods to install howdoi 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 howdoi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install howdoi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install howdoi
Install howdoi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install howdoi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install howdoi
Install howdoi 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 howdoi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install howdoi
How To Uninstall howdoi on Debian 12
To uninstall only the howdoi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove howdoi
Uninstall howdoi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall howdoi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove howdoi
Remove howdoi Configurations and Data
To remove howdoi configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge howdoi
Remove howdoi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove howdoi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge howdoi
Dependencies
howdoi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install howdoi package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.