How To Install tldr on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tldr on Debian 10.
What is tldr
tldr is:
Haskell tldr client with support for updating and viewing tldr pages.
The TLDR pages are a community effort to simplify the beloved man pages with practical examples. See https://tldr.sh/
There are three methods to install tldr on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tldr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tldr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tldr
Install tldr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tldr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tldr
Install tldr 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 tldr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tldr
How To Uninstall tldr on Debian 10
To uninstall only the tldr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tldr
Uninstall tldr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tldr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tldr
Remove tldr Configurations and Data
To remove tldr configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tldr
Remove tldr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tldr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tldr
Dependencies
tldr have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tldr package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.