How To Install shatag on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shatag on Debian 9.
What is shatag
shatag is:
Shatag is a tool for computing and caching file checksums, and do remote duplicate detection. Files are compared on their SHA-256 hash to find duplicates, and will use filesystem extended attributes to cache the checksum values.
There are three methods to install shatag 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 shatag Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shatag using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shatag
Install shatag Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shatag using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shatag
Install shatag 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 shatag using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shatag
How To Uninstall shatag on Debian 9
To uninstall only the shatag package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shatag
Uninstall shatag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shatag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shatag
Remove shatag Configurations and Data
To remove shatag configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shatag
Remove shatag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shatag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shatag
Dependencies
shatag have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shatag package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.