How To Install pen on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pen on Debian 10.
What is pen
pen is:
pen works for udp, and tcp based protocols such as dns, http or smtp. It allows several servers to appear as one to the outside and automatically detects servers that are down and distributes clients among the available servers. This gives high availability and scalable performance.
There are three methods to install pen 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 pen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pen
Install pen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pen
Install pen 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 pen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pen
How To Uninstall pen on Debian 10
To uninstall only the pen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pen
Uninstall pen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pen
Remove pen Configurations and Data
To remove pen configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pen
Remove pen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pen
Dependencies
pen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pen package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.