How To Install nala on Debian 12

Learn how to install nala on Debian 12 with this tutorial. nala is Commandline frontend for the APT package manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nala on Debian 12.

What is `nala`

nala is:

Nala is a frontend for the APT package manager. It has a lot of the same functionality, but formats the output to be more human readable. Also implements a history function to see past transactions and undo/redo them. Much like Fedora’s dnf history.

There are three methods to install nala 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 nala Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nala using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nala

Install nala Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nala using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nala

Install nala 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 nala using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nala

How To Uninstall nala on Debian 12

To uninstall only the nala package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nala

Uninstall nala And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nala and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nala

Remove nala Configurations and Data

To remove nala configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nala

Remove nala configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nala configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nala

Dependencies

nala have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nala package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.