How To Install wicd-cli on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wicd-cli
on Debian 9.
What is wicd-cli
wicd-cli is:
Wicd is a general-purpose network configuration server which aims to provide a simple but flexible interface for connecting to networks. Its features include:
- wide variety of settings;
- ability to connect to (and maintain profiles for) both wired and wireless networks;
- support for many encryption schemes, including WEP, WPA, WPA2 and custom schemes;
- wireless-tools compatibility.
This package provides a scriptable console client.
There are three methods to install wicd-cli
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 wicd-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wicd-cli
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wicd-cli
Install wicd-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wicd-cli
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wicd-cli
Install wicd-cli 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 wicd-cli
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wicd-cli
How To Uninstall wicd-cli on Debian 9
To uninstall only the wicd-cli
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wicd-cli
Uninstall wicd-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wicd-cli
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wicd-cli
Remove wicd-cli Configurations and Data
To remove wicd-cli
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wicd-cli
Remove wicd-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wicd-cli
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wicd-cli
Dependencies
wicd-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wicd-cli
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.