How To Install instaloader on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install instaloader on Debian 12.
What is instaloader
instaloader is:
Instaloader downloads photos from Instagram, including public and private profiles, hashtags, user stories, feeds and saved media. How as well as comments, geotags and captions for each post.
It automatically detects profile name changes and renames the target directory accordingly. It also allows for refined customization of filters and where to store downloaded media be able to detect automatically stop previously interrupted download interactions.
There are three methods to install instaloader 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 instaloader Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install instaloader using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install instaloader
Install instaloader Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install instaloader using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install instaloader
Install instaloader 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 instaloader using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install instaloader
How To Uninstall instaloader on Debian 12
To uninstall only the instaloader package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove instaloader
Uninstall instaloader And Its Dependencies
To uninstall instaloader and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove instaloader
Remove instaloader Configurations and Data
To remove instaloader configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge instaloader
Remove instaloader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove instaloader configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge instaloader
Dependencies
instaloader have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install instaloader package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
