How To Install tre-command on Debian 12

Learn how to install tre-command on Debian 12 with this tutorial. tre-command is Tree command, improved

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tre-command on Debian 12.

What is tre-command

tre-command is:

A replacement for tree command that uses git ls-files as source of file when possible.

tre can also create shell aliases that, when executed, opens the file associated with it with the default editor.

There are three methods to install tre-command on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tre-command Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tre-command

Install tre-command Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tre-command

Install tre-command 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 tre-command using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tre-command

How To Uninstall tre-command on Debian 12

To uninstall only the tre-command package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tre-command

Uninstall tre-command And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tre-command and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tre-command

Remove tre-command Configurations and Data

To remove tre-command configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tre-command

Remove tre-command configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tre-command

Dependencies

tre-command have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tre-command package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.