How To Install owncloud-client on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install owncloud-client on Debian 10.
What is owncloud-client
owncloud-client is:
The ownCloudSync system lets you always have your latest files wherever you are. Just specify one or more folders on the local machine to and a server to synchronize to. You can configure more computers to synchronize to the same server and any change to the files on one computer will silently and reliably flow across to every other.
owncloud-client provides the graphical client specialising in synchronizing with cloud storage provided by ownCloud.
There are three methods to install owncloud-client 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 owncloud-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install owncloud-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install owncloud-client
Install owncloud-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install owncloud-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install owncloud-client
Install owncloud-client 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 owncloud-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install owncloud-client
How To Uninstall owncloud-client on Debian 10
To uninstall only the owncloud-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove owncloud-client
Uninstall owncloud-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall owncloud-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove owncloud-client
Remove owncloud-client Configurations and Data
To remove owncloud-client configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge owncloud-client
Remove owncloud-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove owncloud-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge owncloud-client
Dependencies
owncloud-client have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install owncloud-client package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.