How To Install pygfarm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pygfarm on Debian 10.
What is pygfarm
pygfarm is:
These add-on modules provide additional functionality for your Pygopherd server.
Included modules are:
dict.pyg: Interface to a dictd database
These are installed into /usr/share/pygfarm for you to link to as you like.
There are three methods to install pygfarm 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 pygfarm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pygfarm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pygfarm
Install pygfarm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pygfarm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pygfarm
Install pygfarm 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 pygfarm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pygfarm
How To Uninstall pygfarm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the pygfarm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pygfarm
Uninstall pygfarm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pygfarm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pygfarm
Remove pygfarm Configurations and Data
To remove pygfarm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pygfarm
Remove pygfarm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pygfarm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pygfarm
Dependencies
pygfarm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pygfarm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.