How To Install lsdb on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsdb on Debian 10.
What is lsdb
lsdb is:
LSDB (The Lovely Sister Database) is a rolodex-like database program for SEMI based MUA. It’s intended to be a lightweight relacement for BBDB (The Insidious Big Brother Database). Unfortunately, it currently doesn’t support the all features of BBDB.
There are three methods to install lsdb 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 lsdb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lsdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lsdb
Install lsdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lsdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lsdb
Install lsdb 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 lsdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lsdb
How To Uninstall lsdb on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lsdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lsdb
Uninstall lsdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lsdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsdb
Remove lsdb Configurations and Data
To remove lsdb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lsdb
Remove lsdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lsdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsdb
Dependencies
lsdb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsdb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.