How To Install nyancat on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nyancat on Debian 10.
What is nyancat
nyancat is:
nyancat is a program to display an animated poptart cat in your terminal.
This is a standalone program only. To serve nyancat to many users, the nyancat-server package is required.
There are three methods to install nyancat on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nyancat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nyancat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nyancat
Install nyancat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nyancat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nyancat
Install nyancat 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 nyancat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nyancat
How To Uninstall nyancat on Debian 10
To uninstall only the nyancat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nyancat
Uninstall nyancat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nyancat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nyancat
Remove nyancat Configurations and Data
To remove nyancat configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nyancat
Remove nyancat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nyancat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nyancat
Dependencies
nyancat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nyancat package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.