How To Install tio on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tio on Debian 9.
What is tio
tio is:
“tio” is a simple TTY terminal application which features a straightforward commandline interface to easily connect to TTY devices for basic input/output.
Besides that, it is able to automatically reconnect to TTY devices which disappear intermittently, e.g. USB-to-serial converters.
There are three methods to install tio 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 tio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tio
Install tio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tio
Install tio 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 tio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tio
How To Uninstall tio on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tio
Uninstall tio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tio
Remove tio Configurations and Data
To remove tio configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tio
Remove tio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tio
Dependencies
tio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tio package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.