How To Install packup on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packup on Debian 9.
What is packup
packup is:
packup is a solver for the package upgradability problem specified in the CUDF format. It repeatedly invokes an optimization pseudo-Boolean solver in order to solve the problem. By default minisat+ is used for that purpose but a different solver can be used by specifying the pertaining command line option.
There are three methods to install packup 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 packup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install packup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install packup
Install packup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install packup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install packup
Install packup 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 packup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install packup
How To Uninstall packup on Debian 9
To uninstall only the packup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove packup
Uninstall packup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall packup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove packup
Remove packup Configurations and Data
To remove packup configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge packup
Remove packup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove packup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packup
Dependencies
packup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install packup package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.