How To Install txt2regex on Debian 12

Learn how to install txt2regex on Debian 12 with this tutorial. txt2regex is A Regular Expression wizard, all written with bash2 builtins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install txt2regex on Debian 12.

What is txt2regex

txt2regex is:

^txt2regex$ is a Regular Expression “wizard”, all written with bash2 builtins, that converts human sentences to RegExs. With a simple interface, you just answer to questions and build your own RegEx for a large variety of programs, like awk, emacs, grep, perl, php, procmail, python, sed and vim. There are more than 20 supported programs.

There are three methods to install txt2regex 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 txt2regex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install txt2regex using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install txt2regex

Install txt2regex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install txt2regex using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install txt2regex

Install txt2regex 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 txt2regex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install txt2regex

How To Uninstall txt2regex on Debian 12

To uninstall only the txt2regex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove txt2regex

Uninstall txt2regex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall txt2regex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove txt2regex

Remove txt2regex Configurations and Data

To remove txt2regex configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge txt2regex

Remove txt2regex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove txt2regex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge txt2regex

Dependencies

txt2regex have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install txt2regex package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.