How To Install yiyantang on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install yiyantang on Debian 11. yiyantang is Terminal-based Chinese automatic encoding converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yiyantang on Debian 11.

What is yiyantang

yiyantang is:

yyt is a pseudo-tty program that converts Chinese terminal output encoded in GB/BIG5 to a preset encoding automatically. It is useful for users who have to work with multiple Chinese encoding in console applications. Now it also converts input to the incoming encoding if the incoming encoding is set explicitly.

There are three methods to install yiyantang on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install yiyantang Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yiyantang

Install yiyantang Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yiyantang

Install yiyantang 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 yiyantang using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yiyantang

How To Uninstall yiyantang on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove yiyantang

Uninstall yiyantang And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yiyantang and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yiyantang

Remove yiyantang Configurations and Data

To remove yiyantang configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yiyantang

Remove yiyantang configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yiyantang

Dependencies

yiyantang have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yiyantang package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.