How To Install macutils on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install macutils on Debian 10.
What is macutils
macutils is:
macutils is a package that contains a number of utilities that deal with Macintosh files on a Unix system. This is useful for converting BinHex-encoded files to the smaller MacBinary format before transferring them to a Mac.
There are three methods to install macutils 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 macutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install macutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install macutils
Install macutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install macutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install macutils
Install macutils 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 macutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install macutils
How To Uninstall macutils on Debian 10
To uninstall only the macutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove macutils
Uninstall macutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall macutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove macutils
Remove macutils Configurations and Data
To remove macutils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge macutils
Remove macutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove macutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge macutils
Dependencies
macutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install macutils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.