How To Install smistrip on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smistrip on Debian 9.
What is smistrip
smistrip is:
The smistrip program is used to extract MIB and PIB module files from ASCII documents like RFCs or Internet Drafts. Modules are identified by a starting ASN.1 DEFINITIONS clause and the matching END clause. The output is written to files named by the modules’ names.
There are three methods to install smistrip 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 smistrip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smistrip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smistrip
Install smistrip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smistrip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smistrip
Install smistrip 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 smistrip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smistrip
How To Uninstall smistrip on Debian 9
To uninstall only the smistrip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smistrip
Uninstall smistrip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smistrip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smistrip
Remove smistrip Configurations and Data
To remove smistrip configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smistrip
Remove smistrip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smistrip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smistrip
Dependencies
smistrip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smistrip package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.