How To Install nsis-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsis-common on Debian 9.
What is nsis-common
nsis-common is:
NSIS is a tool for creating quick and user friendly installers for Microsoft Windows (Win32) operating systems.
This package contains the stubs and plugins of NSIS.
There are three methods to install nsis-common 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 nsis-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nsis-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nsis-common
Install nsis-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nsis-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nsis-common
Install nsis-common 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 nsis-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nsis-common
How To Uninstall nsis-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nsis-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nsis-common
Uninstall nsis-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nsis-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsis-common
Remove nsis-common Configurations and Data
To remove nsis-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nsis-common
Remove nsis-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nsis-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsis-common
Dependencies
nsis-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsis-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.