How To Install nsis on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsis on Debian 11.
What is nsis
nsis is:
NSIS is a tool for creating quick and user friendly installers for Microsoft Windows (Win32) operating systems.
NSIS creates installers that are capable of installing, uninstalling, setting system settings, extracting files, etc. Because it’s based on script files, you can fully control every part of your installers. The script language supports variables, functions, string manipulation, just like a normal programming language - but designed for the creation of installers. Even with all these features, NSIS is still the smallest installer system available. With the default options, it has an overhead of only 34 KB.
There are three methods to install nsis 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 nsis 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nsis
Install nsis Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nsis using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nsis
Install nsis 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nsis
How To Uninstall nsis on Debian 11
To uninstall only the nsis package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nsis
Uninstall nsis And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nsis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsis
Remove nsis Configurations and Data
To remove nsis configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nsis
Remove nsis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nsis configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsis
Dependencies
nsis have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsis package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.