How To Install mon-contrib on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mon-contrib on Debian 12.
What is mon-contrib
mon-contrib is:
mon-contrib is the mon /contrib archive. It contains user-submitted add-ons to mon, which are not included in the main mon distribution.
Most submissions are not checked by the archive maintainers for quality and some may not work, or work how you expect them to (most are quite good, though).
If you have something to contribute, either a new submission or a patch to another contrib’ed item, great! Please read the contrib guidelines to speed up the inclusion of your submission in the archives.
There are three methods to install mon-contrib on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mon-contrib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mon-contrib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mon-contrib
Install mon-contrib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mon-contrib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mon-contrib
Install mon-contrib 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 mon-contrib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mon-contrib
How To Uninstall mon-contrib on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mon-contrib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mon-contrib
Uninstall mon-contrib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mon-contrib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mon-contrib
Remove mon-contrib Configurations and Data
To remove mon-contrib configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mon-contrib
Remove mon-contrib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mon-contrib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mon-contrib
Dependencies
mon-contrib have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mon-contrib package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
