How To Install clipjoin on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install libclipboard-perl

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is clipjoin and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install clipjoin on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install clipjoin using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt -y install libclipboard-perl

Install clipjoin using apt

Because clipjoin is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install clipjoin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libclipboard-perl

Install clipjoin 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 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install clipjoin by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libclipboard-perl

How to upgrade (update) a single package clipjoin using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the clipjoin, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install libclipboard-perl

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install libclipboard-perl

How To Uninstall clipjoin from Debian 11

To uninstall only the clipjoin package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libclipboard-perl

Uninstall clipjoin and all its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclipboard-perl

Remove clipjoin with all configurations and data

To remove clipjoin configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libclipboard-perl

Remove clipjoin completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to clipjoin package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclipboard-perl

Extra info and code examples

Clipboard is a module for accessing the X clipboard. It provides a copy() and a paste() function, and uses xclip(1) under the hood. Additionally the package includes a couple of scripts for working with the clipboard: clipaccumulate clipbrowse clipedit clipfilter clipjoin

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install clipjoin using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the clipjoin from Debian 11.

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