How To Install sdate on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sdate on Debian 10.
What is sdate
sdate is:
sdate wraps the libc localtime() and gmtime() functions to output the eternal september 1993 date.
sdate works like fakeroot (on which its code is based) by setting LD_PRELOAD to a wrapper library.
There are three methods to install sdate on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sdate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sdate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sdate
Install sdate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sdate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sdate
Install sdate 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 sdate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sdate
How To Uninstall sdate on Debian 10
To uninstall only the sdate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sdate
Uninstall sdate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sdate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sdate
Remove sdate Configurations and Data
To remove sdate configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sdate
Remove sdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sdate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sdate
Dependencies
sdate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sdate package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.