How To Install podget on Debian 10

Learn how to install podget on Debian 10 with this tutorial. podget is Podcast aggregrator/downloader optimized for cron

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install podget on Debian 10.

What is podget

podget is:

Podget is a simple podcast aggregator optimized for running as a scheduled background job (i.e. cron). It features support for downloading podcasts from RSS & ATOM XML feeds, for sorting the files into folders & categories, for importing URLs from iTunes PCAST files & OPML lists automatic M3U & ASX playlist creation, and automatic cleanup of old files. It also features automatic UTF-16 conversion for podcasts hosted on MS Windows servers. Run podget once to install the users configuration files to $HOME/.podget, and then customize them there.

There are three methods to install podget 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 podget Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install podget using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install podget

Install podget Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install podget using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install podget

Install podget 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 podget using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install podget

How To Uninstall podget on Debian 10

To uninstall only the podget package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove podget

Uninstall podget And Its Dependencies

To uninstall podget and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove podget

Remove podget Configurations and Data

To remove podget configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge podget

Remove podget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove podget configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge podget

Dependencies

podget have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install podget package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.