How To Install imageindex on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install imageindex on Debian 9.
What is imageindex
imageindex is:
Imageindex generates standards-compliant static HTML galleries of images (usually JPG photos, but can deal with images of just about any format). Some features:
* Only out-of-date thumbnail/medium images are generated
* Captions come from comments embedded in images (never get lost!)
* Output is customizable with CSS stylesheets
* Can fetch EXIF header data from digicam photos
* Can optionally recurse directory trees
* Index, detail, slide, and frame views
* Can use mplayer for dealing with video files.
There are three methods to install imageindex 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 imageindex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install imageindex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install imageindex
Install imageindex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install imageindex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install imageindex
Install imageindex 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 imageindex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install imageindex
How To Uninstall imageindex on Debian 9
To uninstall only the imageindex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove imageindex
Uninstall imageindex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall imageindex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove imageindex
Remove imageindex Configurations and Data
To remove imageindex configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge imageindex
Remove imageindex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove imageindex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imageindex
Dependencies
imageindex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install imageindex package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.