How To Install most on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install most on Debian 11.
What is most
most is:
Most is a paging program that displays, one windowful at a time, the contents of a file on a terminal. A status line at the bottom of the screen displays the file name, the current line number and the percentage of the file so far displayed.
Unlike other paging programs, most is capable of displaying an arbitrary number of windows as long as they all fit on the screen, and different windows could be used to view the same file in different positions.
In addition to displaying ordinary text files, most can also display binary files as well as files with arbitrary ascii characters.
There are three methods to install most on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install most Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install most using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install most
Install most Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install most using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install most
Install most 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 most using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install most
How To Uninstall most on Debian 11
To uninstall only the most package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove most
Uninstall most And Its Dependencies
To uninstall most and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove most
Remove most Configurations and Data
To remove most configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge most
Remove most configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove most configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge most
Dependencies
most have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install most package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.