How To Install painintheapt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install painintheapt on Debian 9.
What is painintheapt
painintheapt is:
Pain in the APT pesters people about available package upgrades, just like apticron or cron-apt. However, it does so by SMTP and XMPP (direct or MUC/conference room), but also by calling mailx.
There are three methods to install painintheapt 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 painintheapt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install painintheapt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install painintheapt
Install painintheapt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install painintheapt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install painintheapt
Install painintheapt 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 painintheapt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install painintheapt
How To Uninstall painintheapt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the painintheapt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove painintheapt
Uninstall painintheapt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall painintheapt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove painintheapt
Remove painintheapt Configurations and Data
To remove painintheapt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge painintheapt
Remove painintheapt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove painintheapt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge painintheapt
Dependencies
painintheapt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install painintheapt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.