How To Install oddjob on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob on Debian 9.
What is oddjob
oddjob is:
Oddjob is a D-Bus service which performs particular tasks for clients which connect to it and issue requests using the system-wide message bus.
This package contains the oddjob daemon.
There are three methods to install oddjob 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 oddjob Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oddjob using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oddjob
Install oddjob Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oddjob using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oddjob
Install oddjob 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 oddjob using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oddjob
How To Uninstall oddjob on Debian 9
To uninstall only the oddjob package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oddjob
Uninstall oddjob And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oddjob and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oddjob
Remove oddjob Configurations and Data
To remove oddjob configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oddjob
Remove oddjob configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oddjob configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oddjob
Dependencies
oddjob have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.