How To Install micro on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install micro on Debian 10.
What is micro
micro is:
There are three methods to install micro 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 micro Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install micro using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install micro
Install micro Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install micro using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install micro
Install micro 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 micro using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install micro
How To Uninstall micro on Debian 10
To uninstall only the micro package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove micro
Uninstall micro And Its Dependencies
To uninstall micro and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove micro
Remove micro Configurations and Data
To remove micro configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge micro
Remove micro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove micro configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge micro
Dependencies
micro have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install micro package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.