How To Install tkinfo on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkinfo
on Debian 11.
What is tkinfo
tkinfo is:
TKInfo is a very fast lightweight viewer for GNU info files, requiring no configuration. It is particularly effective for local browsing of large and/or interconnected sets of info files.
TkInfo can be used stand alone, or embedded within an application to provide integrated, on-line help.
There are three methods to install tkinfo
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tkinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tkinfo
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tkinfo
Install tkinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tkinfo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tkinfo
Install tkinfo 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 tkinfo
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tkinfo
How To Uninstall tkinfo on Debian 11
To uninstall only the tkinfo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tkinfo
Uninstall tkinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tkinfo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkinfo
Remove tkinfo Configurations and Data
To remove tkinfo
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tkinfo
Remove tkinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tkinfo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkinfo
Dependencies
tkinfo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkinfo
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.