How To Install w3m on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install w3m on Debian 11.
What is w3m
w3m is:
w3m is a text-based World Wide Web browser with IPv6 support. It features excellent support for tables and frames. It can be used as a standalone file pager, too.
- You can follow links and/or view images in HTML.
- Internet message preview mode, you can browse HTML mail.
- You can follow links in plain text if it includes URL forms.
- With w3m-img, you can view inline images.
This package provides Debian’s w3m, forked from the original version https://sourceforge.net/projects/w3m/.
There are three methods to install w3m 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 w3m Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install w3m using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install w3m
Install w3m Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install w3m using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install w3m
Install w3m 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 w3m using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install w3m
How To Uninstall w3m on Debian 11
To uninstall only the w3m package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove w3m
Uninstall w3m And Its Dependencies
To uninstall w3m and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove w3m
Remove w3m Configurations and Data
To remove w3m configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge w3m
Remove w3m configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove w3m configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge w3m
Dependencies
w3m have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install w3m package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.