How To Install packagesearch on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagesearch
on Debian 9.
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, a new way of categorizing Debian packages)
- files
- installed status
- orphaned packages Additionally a lot of information about the packages is displayed, including the files belonging to them.
It is possible to install or remove packages.
There are three methods to install packagesearch
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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.