How To Install yaegi on Debian 12

Learn how to install yaegi on Debian 12 with this tutorial. yaegi is Another Elegant Go Interpreter

Introduction

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

What is yaegi

yaegi is:

Yaegi is Another Elegant Go Interpreter. It powers executable, Go scripts and plugins, in embedded interpreters or interactive shells, on top of the Go runtime.

This package contains the interpreter.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yaegi

Install yaegi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yaegi

Install yaegi 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 yaegi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yaegi

How To Uninstall yaegi on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove yaegi

Uninstall yaegi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaegi

Remove yaegi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yaegi

Remove yaegi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaegi

Dependencies

yaegi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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