How To Install xstow on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xstow on Debian 12.
What is xstow
xstow is:
XStow (like GNU Stow) is a program for managing the installation of software packages, keeping them separate (/usr/local/stow/emacs vs. /usr/local/stow/perl, for example) while making them appear to be installed in the same place (/usr/local).
The extended features include: creation of symlinks with absolute path names, traversal link support (create a link from /usr/share/man to /usr/man), multiple stow directories support, shell pattern matching, regular expressions support, and global settings via configuration files.
There are three methods to install xstow 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 xstow Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xstow using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xstow
Install xstow Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xstow using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xstow
Install xstow 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 xstow using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xstow
How To Uninstall xstow on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xstow package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xstow
Uninstall xstow And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xstow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xstow
Remove xstow Configurations and Data
To remove xstow configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xstow
Remove xstow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xstow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xstow
Dependencies
xstow have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xstow package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.