How To Install presentty on Debian 10

Learn how to install presentty on Debian 10 with this tutorial. presentty is Console-based presentation software

Introduction

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

What is presentty

presentty is:

Presentty is a console-based presentation program where slides are authored in reStructuredText. Its features include, but are not limited to: Cross-fade animations, progressive list display, panning transitions, syntax highlighting, Cowsay and figlet integration, ANSI art, JPEG display.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install presentty

Install presentty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install presentty

Install presentty 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 presentty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install presentty

How To Uninstall presentty on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove presentty

Uninstall presentty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove presentty

Remove presentty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge presentty

Remove presentty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge presentty

Dependencies

presentty have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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