How To Install unison-all on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unison-all on Debian 9.
What is unison-all
unison-all is:
This is a metapackage that depends on all supported console versions of Unison, a file synchronization tool.
Each of the supported versions uses a different protocol version; installing this metapackage ensures the ability to synchronize with old systems.
There are three methods to install unison-all 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 unison-all Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unison-all using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unison-all
Install unison-all Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unison-all using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unison-all
Install unison-all 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 unison-all using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unison-all
How To Uninstall unison-all on Debian 9
To uninstall only the unison-all package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unison-all
Uninstall unison-all And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unison-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unison-all
Remove unison-all Configurations and Data
To remove unison-all configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unison-all
Remove unison-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unison-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unison-all
Dependencies
unison-all have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unison-all package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.