How To Install packagesearch on Debian 12

Learn how to install packagesearch on Debian 12 with this tutorial. packagesearch is GUI for searching packages and viewing package information

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install packagesearch on Debian 12.

What is packagesearch

packagesearch is:

This tool is aimed to help you search the packages you need. It should make the task of searching a pleasant experience.

Search can be done by

  • pattern
  • tags (based on the debtags system)
  • files
  • installed status
  • orphaned packages Additionally a lot of information about the packages is displayed, including screenshots and the files within a package.

It is possible to install or remove packages.

There are three methods to install packagesearch on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install packagesearch Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install packagesearch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install packagesearch

Install packagesearch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install packagesearch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install packagesearch

Install packagesearch 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 packagesearch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install packagesearch

How To Uninstall packagesearch on Debian 12

To uninstall only the packagesearch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove packagesearch

Uninstall packagesearch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall packagesearch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove packagesearch

Remove packagesearch Configurations and Data

To remove packagesearch configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge packagesearch

Remove packagesearch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove packagesearch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packagesearch

Dependencies

packagesearch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install packagesearch package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.