How To Install sacc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sacc on Debian 12.
What is sacc
sacc is:
sacc(omys) is a terminal gopher client. It it written in C and meant to be simple, fast, and secure. It has no support for other protocols, however it will handle URIs and files that can’t be opened natively by calling xdg-open.
Gopher is a simple protocol to retrieve hierarchical information. It is strongly oriented towards a menu-document design and presented an alternative to the World Wide Web in its early stages, but ultimately HTTP became the dominant protocol. Gopher is still in use by enthusiasts: a small population of actively-maintained servers remains.
There are three methods to install sacc 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 sacc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sacc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sacc
Install sacc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sacc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sacc
Install sacc 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 sacc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sacc
How To Uninstall sacc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sacc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sacc
Uninstall sacc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sacc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sacc
Remove sacc Configurations and Data
To remove sacc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sacc
Remove sacc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sacc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sacc
Dependencies
sacc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sacc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
