How To Install silversearcher-ag on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install silversearcher-ag
on Debian 12.
What is silversearcher-ag
silversearcher-ag is:
The Silver Searcher is grep-like program implemented by C. An attempt to make something better than ack-grep.
It searches pattern about 3??5x faster than ack-grep. It ignores file patterns from your .gitignore and .hgignore.
There are three methods to install silversearcher-ag
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install silversearcher-ag Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install silversearcher-ag
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install silversearcher-ag Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install silversearcher-ag
using apt
by running the following command:
Install silversearcher-ag 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.
After updating apt database, We can install silversearcher-ag
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall silversearcher-ag on Debian 12
To uninstall only the silversearcher-ag
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall silversearcher-ag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall silversearcher-ag
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
Remove silversearcher-ag Configurations and Data
To remove silversearcher-ag
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
Remove silversearcher-ag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove silversearcher-ag
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
silversearcher-ag have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install silversearcher-ag
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.