How To Install select-xface on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install select-xface on Debian 10.
What is select-xface
select-xface is:
Select X-Face is a utility for selecting/inserting an X-Face field visually on emacsen mailer (Mew, Gnus, Wanderlust, etc.).
There are three methods to install select-xface 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 select-xface Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install select-xface using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install select-xface
Install select-xface Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install select-xface using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install select-xface
Install select-xface 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 select-xface using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install select-xface
How To Uninstall select-xface on Debian 10
To uninstall only the select-xface package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove select-xface
Uninstall select-xface And Its Dependencies
To uninstall select-xface and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove select-xface
Remove select-xface Configurations and Data
To remove select-xface configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge select-xface
Remove select-xface configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove select-xface configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge select-xface
Dependencies
select-xface have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install select-xface package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.