How To Install lolcat on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lolcat on Debian 9.

What is lolcat

lolcat is:

lolcat concatenates files like the UNIX cat program, but colors it for the lulz in a rainbow animation. Terminals with 256 colors and animations are supported.

There are three methods to install lolcat 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 lolcat Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lolcat using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lolcat

Install lolcat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lolcat using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lolcat

Install lolcat 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 lolcat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lolcat

How To Uninstall lolcat on Debian 9

To uninstall only the lolcat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lolcat

Uninstall lolcat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lolcat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lolcat

Remove lolcat Configurations and Data

To remove lolcat configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lolcat

Remove lolcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lolcat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lolcat

Dependencies

lolcat have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-trollop
• ruby-paint

References

• lolcat website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lolcat package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.