How To Install vrms on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vrms
on Debian 9.
What is vrms
vrms is:
The vrms program will analyze the set of currently-installed packages on a Debian-based system, and report all of the packages from the non-free and contrib trees which are currently installed.
In some cases, the opinions of Richard M. Stallman and the Debian project have diverged since this program was originally written. In such cases, this program follows the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
Note that vrms is not limited to Debian systems only (which means that it also works with Debian-derived distributions such as Ubuntu). It is also not limited to Linux-based systems.
Future versions of vrms may include an option to also display text from the public writings of RMS and others that explain why use of each of the installed non-free packages might cause moral issues for some in the Free Software community. This functionality is not yet included.
There are three methods to install vrms
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 vrms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vrms
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vrms
Install vrms Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vrms
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vrms
Install vrms 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 vrms
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vrms
How To Uninstall vrms on Debian 9
To uninstall only the vrms
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vrms
Uninstall vrms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vrms
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vrms
Remove vrms Configurations and Data
To remove vrms
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vrms
Remove vrms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vrms
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vrms
Dependencies
vrms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vrms
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.