How To Install vim-haproxy on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-haproxy on Debian 9.
What is vim-haproxy
vim-haproxy is:
The vim-haproxy package provides filetype detection and syntax highlighting for HAProxy configuration files.
As per the Debian vim policy, installed addons are not activated automatically, but the “vim-addon-manager” tool can be used for this purpose.
There are three methods to install vim-haproxy 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 vim-haproxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-haproxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-haproxy
Install vim-haproxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-haproxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-haproxy
Install vim-haproxy 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 vim-haproxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-haproxy
How To Uninstall vim-haproxy on Debian 9
To uninstall only the vim-haproxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-haproxy
Uninstall vim-haproxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-haproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-haproxy
Remove vim-haproxy Configurations and Data
To remove vim-haproxy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-haproxy
Remove vim-haproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-haproxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-haproxy
Dependencies
vim-haproxy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-haproxy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.