How To Install re on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install re on Debian 9. re is Russian Anywhere – Russian text converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install re on Debian 9.

What is re

re is:

Russian Anywhere is a Russian character decoding program. It allows one to transfer Russian characters between different codepages. Main purpose is to convert damaged Russian e-mail messages to readable form and it also may be used to convert files from/to known and unknown codepages.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install re

Install re Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install re

Install re 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 re using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install re

How To Uninstall re on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove re

Uninstall re And Its Dependencies

To uninstall re and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove re

Remove re Configurations and Data

To remove re configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge re

Remove re configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge re

Dependencies

re have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install re package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.