How To Install yaz-illclient on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-illclient on Debian 10.
What is yaz-illclient
yaz-illclient is:
YAZ is a toolkit that allows you to develop software using the Z39.50/ISO23950 standard for information retrieval.
The yaz-illclient program is a command-line based client which sends ILL requests to a server and decodes the response.
There are three methods to install yaz-illclient on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yaz-illclient Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yaz-illclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yaz-illclient
Install yaz-illclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yaz-illclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yaz-illclient
Install yaz-illclient 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 yaz-illclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yaz-illclient
How To Uninstall yaz-illclient on Debian 10
To uninstall only the yaz-illclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yaz-illclient
Uninstall yaz-illclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yaz-illclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaz-illclient
Remove yaz-illclient Configurations and Data
To remove yaz-illclient configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yaz-illclient
Remove yaz-illclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yaz-illclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaz-illclient
Dependencies
yaz-illclient have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-illclient package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.