How To Install joe on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install joe on Debian 10.
What is joe
joe is:
Joe, the Joe’s Own Editor, has the feel of most PC text editors: the key sequences are reminiscent of WordStar and Turbo C editors, but the feature set is much larger than of those. Joe has all of the features a Unix user should expect: full use of termcap/terminfo, complete VI-style Unix integration, a powerful configuration file, and regular expression search system. It also has six help reference cards which are always available, and an intuitive, simple, and well thought-out user interface.
Joe has a great screen update optimization algorithm, multiple windows (through/between which you can scroll) and lacks the confusing notion of named buffers. It has command history, TAB expansion in file selection menus, undo and redo functions, (un)indenting and paragraph formatting, filtering highlighted blocks through any external Unix command, editing a pipe into or out of a command, and block move, copy, delete or filter.
Through simple QEdit-style configuration files, Joe can be set up to emulate editors such as Pico and Emacs, along with a complete imitation of WordStar, and a restricted mode version (lets you edit only the files specified on the command line). Joe also has a deferred screen update to handle typeahead, and it ensures that deferral is not bypassed by tty buffering. It’s usable even at 2400 baud, and it will work on any kind of sane terminal.
There are three methods to install joe on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install joe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install joe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install joe
Install joe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install joe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install joe
Install joe 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 joe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install joe
How To Uninstall joe on Debian 10
To uninstall only the joe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove joe
Uninstall joe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall joe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove joe
Remove joe Configurations and Data
To remove joe configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge joe
Remove joe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove joe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge joe
Dependencies
joe have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install joe package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.