How To Install par on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install par on Debian 11.
What is par
par is:
Greatly enhanced fmt type program by Adam M. Costello.
Can be used within vi or other editor to automatically reformat text in a variety of ways.
Perfect for use with email & usenet messages as it correctly handles multiple levels of quoting characters.
This version includes a patch allowing multi-byte and multi-width character encodings.
There are three methods to install par on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install par Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install par using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install par
Install par Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install par using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install par
Install par 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 par using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install par
How To Uninstall par on Debian 11
To uninstall only the par package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove par
Uninstall par And Its Dependencies
To uninstall par and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove par
Remove par Configurations and Data
To remove par configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge par
Remove par configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove par configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge par
Dependencies
par have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install par package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.