How To Install reflex on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install reflex
on Debian 12.
What is reflex
reflex is:
Reflex is a small tool to watch a directory and rerun a command when certain files change. It’s great for automatically running compile/lint/test tasks and for reloading your application when the code changes.
There are three methods to install reflex
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 reflex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reflex
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reflex
Install reflex Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reflex
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reflex
Install reflex 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 reflex
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reflex
How To Uninstall reflex on Debian 12
To uninstall only the reflex
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reflex
Uninstall reflex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reflex
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reflex
Remove reflex Configurations and Data
To remove reflex
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reflex
Remove reflex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reflex
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reflex
Dependencies
reflex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reflex
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.