How To Install lyskom-server on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lyskom-server
on Debian 9.
What is lyskom-server
lyskom-server is:
LysKOM has a lot in common with netnews, but LysKOM is intended for local discussions (instead of worldwide). LysKOM consists of a server process and several client programs. The server process maintains a data base of persons, conferences and articles. The clients connect to the server and let the users browse the database for unread articles.
LysKOM is much faster than netnews - almost as fast as irc or ICQ! - but like in netnews the articles are saved so that you don’t have to be logged in to receive the news.
There are three methods to install lyskom-server
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 lyskom-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lyskom-server
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lyskom-server
Install lyskom-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lyskom-server
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lyskom-server
Install lyskom-server 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 lyskom-server
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lyskom-server
How To Uninstall lyskom-server on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lyskom-server
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lyskom-server
Uninstall lyskom-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lyskom-server
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lyskom-server
Remove lyskom-server Configurations and Data
To remove lyskom-server
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lyskom-server
Remove lyskom-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lyskom-server
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lyskom-server
Dependencies
lyskom-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lyskom-server
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.