How To Install squidclient on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squidclient on Debian 12.
What is squidclient
squidclient is:
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, ICY and HTTP data objects.
This package contains a small utility that can be used to get URLs from the command line.
There are three methods to install squidclient 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 squidclient Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install squidclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install squidclient
Install squidclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install squidclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install squidclient
Install squidclient 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 squidclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install squidclient
How To Uninstall squidclient on Debian 12
To uninstall only the squidclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove squidclient
Uninstall squidclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall squidclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove squidclient
Remove squidclient Configurations and Data
To remove squidclient configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge squidclient
Remove squidclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove squidclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squidclient
Dependencies
squidclient have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squidclient package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
