How To Install tomboy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomboy on Debian 9. tomboy is desktop note taking program using Wiki style links

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomboy on Debian 9.

What is tomboy

tomboy is:

Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application which is simple and easy to use. It lets you organise your notes intelligently by allowing you to easily link ideas together with Wiki style interconnects.

There are three methods to install tomboy 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 tomboy Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tomboy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tomboy

Install tomboy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tomboy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tomboy

Install tomboy 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 tomboy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tomboy

How To Uninstall tomboy on Debian 9

To uninstall only the tomboy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tomboy

Uninstall tomboy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tomboy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomboy

Remove tomboy Configurations and Data

To remove tomboy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tomboy

Remove tomboy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tomboy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomboy

Dependencies

tomboy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomboy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.