How To Install zim-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install zim-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. zim-tools is various ZIM command-line tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zim-tools on Debian 12.

What is zim-tools

zim-tools is:

ZIM tools is a collection of various command-line utilities for interacting and working with the ZIM file format.

There are three methods to install zim-tools 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 zim-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zim-tools

Install zim-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zim-tools

Install zim-tools 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 zim-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zim-tools

How To Uninstall zim-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the zim-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zim-tools

Uninstall zim-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zim-tools

Remove zim-tools Configurations and Data

To remove zim-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zim-tools

Remove zim-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zim-tools

Dependencies

zim-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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