How To Install ledger on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ledger on Debian 10.
What is ledger
ledger is:
Ledger is a powerful and flexible double-entry accounting system run entirely from the command line. Your accounts ledger is stored in one or more plain-text files with a very simple and readable format, and ledger does the hard work of balancing your books and reporting.
There are three methods to install ledger 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 ledger Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ledger using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ledger
Install ledger Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ledger using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ledger
Install ledger 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 ledger using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ledger
How To Uninstall ledger on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ledger package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ledger
Uninstall ledger And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ledger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ledger
Remove ledger Configurations and Data
To remove ledger configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ledger
Remove ledger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ledger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ledger
Dependencies
ledger have the following dependencies:
- libboost-filesystem1.67.0
- libboost-iostreams1.67.0
- libboost-python1.67.0
- libboost-regex1.67.0
- libboost-system1.67.0
- libc6
- libgcc1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ledger package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.