How To Install wajig on Debian 12

Learn how to install wajig on Debian 12 with this tutorial. wajig is unified package management front-end for Debian/Ubuntu

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wajig on Debian 12.

What is wajig

wajig is:

A command-line wrapper around apt, apt-cache, dpkg, aptitude, and more. The goal is to ease system management by unifying the main functions of these tools from one interface.

For a short guide, run this command: $ wajig help

There are three methods to install wajig on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wajig Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wajig

Install wajig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wajig

Install wajig 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 wajig using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wajig

How To Uninstall wajig on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove wajig

Uninstall wajig And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wajig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wajig

Remove wajig Configurations and Data

To remove wajig configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wajig

Remove wajig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wajig

Dependencies

wajig have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wajig package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.