How To Install unsort on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install unsort on Debian 11. unsort is reorders lines in a file in semirandom ways

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unsort on Debian 11.

What is unsort

unsort is:

This program reorders the lines in its input with no regard to the actual contents. Two permutation algorithms are available: randomization based on a good PRNG (the Mersenne Twister algorithm) and “shuffling”, which permutes the lines in such a way that they’re spread more or less evenly in the output. This mode is primarily intended for music playlists.

There are three methods to install unsort on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install unsort Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unsort

Install unsort Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unsort

Install unsort 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 unsort using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unsort

How To Uninstall unsort on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove unsort

Uninstall unsort And Its Dependencies

To uninstall unsort and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unsort

Remove unsort Configurations and Data

To remove unsort configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unsort

Remove unsort configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unsort

Dependencies

unsort have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unsort package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.