How To Install slice on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slice on Debian 9.

What is slice

slice is:

The slice program reads an input file and divide its prepared ASCII contents into possibly overlapping slices. These slices are determined by enclosing blocks which are defined by begin and end delimiters which have to be already in the file. The final output gets calculated by a slice term consisting of slice names, set theory operators and optional round brackets.

There are three methods to install slice 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 slice Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install slice using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install slice

Install slice Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install slice using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install slice

Install slice 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 slice using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slice

How To Uninstall slice on Debian 9

To uninstall only the slice package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove slice

Uninstall slice And Its Dependencies

To uninstall slice and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slice

Remove slice Configurations and Data

To remove slice configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge slice

Remove slice configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove slice configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slice

Dependencies

slice have the following dependencies:

• libbit-vector-perl
• perl

References

• slice website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slice package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.