How To Install mencal on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mencal on Debian 9.
What is mencal
mencal is:
Mencal is a menstruation calendar written in Perl.
It is a simple variation of the well-known Unix command cal. The main difference is that you can have some periodically repeating days highlighted in color. This can be used to track menstruation (or other) cycles conveniently.
There are three methods to install mencal 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 mencal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mencal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mencal
Install mencal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mencal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mencal
Install mencal 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 mencal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mencal
How To Uninstall mencal on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mencal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mencal
Uninstall mencal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mencal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mencal
Remove mencal Configurations and Data
To remove mencal configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mencal
Remove mencal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mencal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mencal
Dependencies
mencal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mencal package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.