How To Install sensible-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sensible-utils on Debian 9.
What is sensible-utils
sensible-utils is:
This package provides a number of small utilities which are used by programs to sensibly select and spawn an appropriate browser, editor, or pager.
The specific utilities included are: sensible-browser sensible-editor sensible-pager
There are three methods to install sensible-utils on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sensible-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sensible-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sensible-utils
Install sensible-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sensible-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sensible-utils
Install sensible-utils 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 sensible-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sensible-utils
How To Uninstall sensible-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the sensible-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sensible-utils
Uninstall sensible-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sensible-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sensible-utils
Remove sensible-utils Configurations and Data
To remove sensible-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sensible-utils
Remove sensible-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sensible-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sensible-utils
Dependencies
sensible-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sensible-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.