How To Install sd on Debian 12

Learn how to install sd on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sd is intuitive find and replace CLI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sd on Debian 12.

What is sd

sd is:

sd uses Python and JavaScript style regex syntax, without the quirks of sed and awk. While sed can do many things, sd focuses on doing one thing and doing it well, has common-sense defualts and a focus on daily use. It’s also faster.

  • Find and replace expressions are separate, unlike sed: sd before after sed s/before/after/g
  • Modify files in-place: sd before after file.txt sed -i’’ ’s/before/after/g’ file.txt
  • String-literal mode
  • Named or unnamed catch groups

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sd

Install sd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sd

Install sd 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 sd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sd

How To Uninstall sd on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove sd

Uninstall sd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sd

Remove sd Configurations and Data

To remove sd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sd

Remove sd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sd

Dependencies

sd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.