How To Install lincredits on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lincredits on Debian 9.
What is lincredits
lincredits is:
This small package allows anyone to create beautified versions of the Linux CREDITS file in plain text, LaTeX or HTML formats.
There are three methods to install lincredits 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 lincredits Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lincredits using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lincredits
Install lincredits Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lincredits using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lincredits
Install lincredits 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 lincredits using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lincredits
How To Uninstall lincredits on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lincredits package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lincredits
Uninstall lincredits And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lincredits and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lincredits
Remove lincredits Configurations and Data
To remove lincredits configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lincredits
Remove lincredits configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lincredits configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lincredits
Dependencies
lincredits have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lincredits package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.