How To Install qtsmbstatus-light on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtsmbstatus-light on Debian 9.
What is qtsmbstatus-light
qtsmbstatus-light is:
QtSmbstatus is a smbstatus graphical interface (GUI). It is meant to provide the possibility of administering remote machines. QtSmbstatus was designed as a client/server system secured with SSL.
This package provides the lightweight client-side application which works only locally and doesn’t require qtsmbstatus-server.
There are three methods to install qtsmbstatus-light on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qtsmbstatus-light Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qtsmbstatus-light using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtsmbstatus-light
Install qtsmbstatus-light Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qtsmbstatus-light using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtsmbstatus-light
Install qtsmbstatus-light 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 qtsmbstatus-light using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtsmbstatus-light
How To Uninstall qtsmbstatus-light on Debian 9
To uninstall only the qtsmbstatus-light package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtsmbstatus-light
Uninstall qtsmbstatus-light And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtsmbstatus-light and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtsmbstatus-light
Remove qtsmbstatus-light Configurations and Data
To remove qtsmbstatus-light configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtsmbstatus-light
Remove qtsmbstatus-light configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtsmbstatus-light configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtsmbstatus-light
Dependencies
qtsmbstatus-light have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtsmbstatus-light package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.