How To Install mdm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdm on Debian 9.
What is mdm
mdm is:
The Middleman System (mdm) is a set of utilities that help you parallelize your shell scripts. Simply label the commands to run in parallel, and the System automatically exploits every parallelization opportunity that arises at runtime. You can also specify dependency between commands so that they run in an appropriate order.
Comes with an ncurses-based monitoring console. Compatible with xargs, find, make, any shell, together, in a script or interactively.
There are three methods to install mdm 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 mdm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mdm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mdm
Install mdm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mdm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mdm
Install mdm 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 mdm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mdm
How To Uninstall mdm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mdm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mdm
Uninstall mdm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mdm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mdm
Remove mdm Configurations and Data
To remove mdm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mdm
Remove mdm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mdm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mdm
Dependencies
mdm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.