How To Install lout-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lout-common on Debian 9.
What is lout-common
lout-common is:
This package contains architecture-independent data files needed by the “lout” package.
There are three methods to install lout-common 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 lout-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lout-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lout-common
Install lout-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lout-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lout-common
Install lout-common 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 lout-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lout-common
How To Uninstall lout-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lout-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lout-common
Uninstall lout-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lout-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lout-common
Remove lout-common Configurations and Data
To remove lout-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lout-common
Remove lout-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lout-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lout-common
Dependencies
lout-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lout-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.