How To Install stow on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install stow on Debian 12.
What is stow
stow is:
GNU Stow is a software installation manager for /usr/local. Using symbolic links, GNU Stow helps you keep the installations separate (/usr/local/stow/emacs vs. /usr/local/stow/perl, for example) while maintaining the illusion that they are all under /usr/local.
There are three methods to install stow 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 stow Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install stow using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install stow
Install stow Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install stow using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install stow
Install stow 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 stow using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install stow
How To Uninstall stow on Debian 12
To uninstall only the stow package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove stow
Uninstall stow And Its Dependencies
To uninstall stow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove stow
Remove stow Configurations and Data
To remove stow configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge stow
Remove stow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove stow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stow
Dependencies
stow have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install stow package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
