How To Install shanty on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shanty on Debian 9.
What is shanty
shanty is:
Shanty takes a text file and an image (PNG or JPG) and creates a PostScript file where one pixel in the image becomes one character in the PostScript.
You can use it for making posters with the source and logo of your favourite project or with the letter and a photograph of your favourite group.
There are three methods to install shanty 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 shanty Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shanty using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shanty
Install shanty Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shanty using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shanty
Install shanty 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 shanty using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shanty
How To Uninstall shanty on Debian 9
To uninstall only the shanty package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shanty
Uninstall shanty And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shanty and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shanty
Remove shanty Configurations and Data
To remove shanty configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shanty
Remove shanty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shanty configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shanty
Dependencies
shanty have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shanty package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.