How To Install nsf-shells on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsf-shells on Debian 9. nsf-shells is Next Scripting Framework (NSF)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsf-shells on Debian 9.

What is nsf-shells

nsf-shells is:

This package provides you with scripted shell wrappers for the two NSF-builtin Tcl extensions: NX (nxsh, nxwish) and XOTcl2 (xotclsh, xowish).

There are three methods to install nsf-shells 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 nsf-shells Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nsf-shells

Install nsf-shells Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nsf-shells

Install nsf-shells 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 nsf-shells using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nsf-shells

How To Uninstall nsf-shells on Debian 9

To uninstall only the nsf-shells package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nsf-shells

Uninstall nsf-shells And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nsf-shells and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsf-shells

Remove nsf-shells Configurations and Data

To remove nsf-shells configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nsf-shells

Remove nsf-shells configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsf-shells

Dependencies

nsf-shells have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsf-shells package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.