How To Install sed on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sed on Debian 10.
What is sed
sed is:
sed reads the specified files or the standard input if no files are specified, makes editing changes according to a list of commands, and writes the results to the standard output.
There are three methods to install sed 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 sed Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sed using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sed
Install sed Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sed using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sed
Install sed 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 sed using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sed
How To Uninstall sed on Debian 10
To uninstall only the sed package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sed
Uninstall sed And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sed
Remove sed Configurations and Data
To remove sed configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sed
Remove sed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sed
Dependencies
sed have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sed package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.