How To Install wikipediafs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wikipediafs on Debian 9.
What is wikipediafs
wikipediafs is:
WikipediaFS is a mountable Linux virtual file system that enables you to deal with Wikipedia (or any Mediawiki-based site) articles as if they were real files.
It is thus possible to use a real text editor to view and edit articles.
http://wikipediafs.sourceforge.net
There are three methods to install wikipediafs 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 wikipediafs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wikipediafs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wikipediafs
Install wikipediafs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wikipediafs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wikipediafs
Install wikipediafs 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 wikipediafs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wikipediafs
How To Uninstall wikipediafs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the wikipediafs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wikipediafs
Uninstall wikipediafs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wikipediafs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wikipediafs
Remove wikipediafs Configurations and Data
To remove wikipediafs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wikipediafs
Remove wikipediafs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wikipediafs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wikipediafs
Dependencies
wikipediafs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wikipediafs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.