How To Install psl-make-dafsa on Debian 12

Learn how to install psl-make-dafsa on Debian 12 with this tutorial. psl-make-dafsa is Create a binary DAFSA from a Public Suffix List

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install psl-make-dafsa on Debian 12.

What is psl-make-dafsa

psl-make-dafsa is:

libpsl permits the use of an optimized binary representation of the Public Suffix List (PSL). This format is a deterministic acyclic finite state automaton, or DAFSA.

It is primarily used for building a new version of the publicsuffix package, but could also be used by anyone else looking to match printable US ASCII strings.

This package contains a Python script to convert a standard PSL into a DAFSA, either in C source code form, or in a specialized mmap-able binary format.

There are three methods to install psl-make-dafsa on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install psl-make-dafsa Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install psl-make-dafsa

Install psl-make-dafsa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install psl-make-dafsa using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install psl-make-dafsa

Install psl-make-dafsa 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 psl-make-dafsa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install psl-make-dafsa

How To Uninstall psl-make-dafsa on Debian 12

To uninstall only the psl-make-dafsa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove psl-make-dafsa

Uninstall psl-make-dafsa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall psl-make-dafsa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove psl-make-dafsa

Remove psl-make-dafsa Configurations and Data

To remove psl-make-dafsa configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge psl-make-dafsa

Remove psl-make-dafsa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove psl-make-dafsa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psl-make-dafsa

Dependencies

psl-make-dafsa have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install psl-make-dafsa package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.