How To Install pacman on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pacman on Debian 10.
What is pacman
pacman is:
You are Pacman, and you are supposed to eat all the small dots to get to the next level. You are also supposed to keep away from the ghosts, if they take you, you lose one life, unless you have eaten a large dot, then you can, for a limited amount of time, chase and eat the ghosts. There is also bonus available, for a limited amount of time. An X gives just points, but a little pacman gives an extra life.
There are three methods to install pacman 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 pacman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pacman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pacman
Install pacman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pacman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pacman
Install pacman 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 pacman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pacman
How To Uninstall pacman on Debian 10
To uninstall only the pacman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pacman
Uninstall pacman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pacman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pacman
Remove pacman Configurations and Data
To remove pacman configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pacman
Remove pacman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pacman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pacman
Dependencies
pacman have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pacman package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.