How To Install zeal on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zeal on Debian 9.
What is zeal
zeal is:
Zeal is a simple offline API documentation browser inspired by Dash (OS X app), available for Linux and Windows.
- Quickly search documentation using Alt+Space (or customised) hotkey to display Zeal from any place in your workspace.
- Search in multiple sets of documentation at once.
- Don’t be dependent on your internet connection.
- Integrate Zeal with Emacs, Sublime Text, or Vim.
There are three methods to install zeal on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zeal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zeal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zeal
Install zeal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zeal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zeal
Install zeal 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 zeal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zeal
How To Uninstall zeal on Debian 9
To uninstall only the zeal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zeal
Uninstall zeal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zeal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zeal
Remove zeal Configurations and Data
To remove zeal configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zeal
Remove zeal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zeal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zeal
Dependencies
zeal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zeal package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.