How To Install wily on Debian 12

Learn how to install wily on Debian 12 with this tutorial. wily is work-alike of the Acme programming environment for Plan 9

Introduction

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

What is wily

wily is:

Wily’s basic functions are to edit and search for text and to run commands. It is intended to eventually be an integrated working environment for all tasks involving text. It uses the mouse heavily.

It emphasises speed for experienced users, but is probably simple to learn as it has very few concepts.

There are three methods to install wily 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 wily Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wily

Install wily Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wily

Install wily 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 wily using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wily

How To Uninstall wily on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove wily

Uninstall wily And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wily

Remove wily Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wily

Remove wily configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wily

Dependencies

wily have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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