How To Install paco on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install paco on Debian 9.
What is paco
paco is:
The paco program has been renamed to porg. This is the transitional dummy package to get upgrading systems to install porg.
You can safely remove this dummy package once nothing depends on it anymore.
There are three methods to install paco 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 paco Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install paco using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install paco
Install paco Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install paco using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install paco
Install paco 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 paco using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install paco
How To Uninstall paco on Debian 9
To uninstall only the paco package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove paco
Uninstall paco And Its Dependencies
To uninstall paco and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove paco
Remove paco Configurations and Data
To remove paco configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge paco
Remove paco configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove paco configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paco
Dependencies
paco have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install paco package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.