How To Install kiwix on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwix on Debian 11.
What is kiwix
kiwix is:
Kiwix is an offline reader and manager for online content like Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, or TED Talks. Kiwix allows you to read and search through offline content as they were online. Similar to a browser, Kiwix works with the highly compressed ZIM file format.
There are three methods to install kiwix on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kiwix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kiwix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kiwix
Install kiwix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kiwix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kiwix
Install kiwix 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 kiwix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kiwix
How To Uninstall kiwix on Debian 11
To uninstall only the kiwix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kiwix
Uninstall kiwix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kiwix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kiwix
Remove kiwix Configurations and Data
To remove kiwix configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kiwix
Remove kiwix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kiwix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kiwix
Dependencies
kiwix have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libkiwix9
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5webchannel5
- libqt5webenginecore5
- libqt5webenginewidgets5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwix package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.