How To Install trash-cli on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install trash-cli on Debian 9.
What is trash-cli
trash-cli is:
This package provides a command line interface trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification. It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permissions of each trashed file
There are three methods to install trash-cli 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 trash-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install trash-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install trash-cli
Install trash-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install trash-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install trash-cli
Install trash-cli 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 trash-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install trash-cli
How To Uninstall trash-cli on Debian 9
To uninstall only the trash-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove trash-cli
Uninstall trash-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall trash-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove trash-cli
Remove trash-cli Configurations and Data
To remove trash-cli configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge trash-cli
Remove trash-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove trash-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trash-cli
Dependencies
trash-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install trash-cli package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.