How To Install getdefs 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 autogen

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

What is getdefs 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 getdefs 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 getdefs 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 getdefs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install autogen

Install getdefs using apt

Because getdefs 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 getdefs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install autogen

Install getdefs 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 getdefs by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install autogen

How to upgrade (update) a single package getdefs 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 getdefs, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install autogen

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 autogen

How To Uninstall getdefs from Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove autogen

Uninstall getdefs and all its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autogen

Remove getdefs with all configurations and data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge autogen

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autogen

Extra info and code examples

AutoGen is a tool designed for generating program files that contain repetitive text with varied substitutions. This is especially valuable if there are several blocks of such text that must be kept synchronized. Included with AutoGen is a tool that virtually eliminates the hassle of processing options, keeping usage text up to date and so on. This tool allows you to specify several program attributes, innumerable options and option attributes, then it produces all the code necessary to parse and handle the command line and initialization file options. This package contains the development tools. libopts25-dev contains the static libraries and header files. libopts25 contains the shared libraries. autogen-doc contains the PostScript and HTML documentation.

Conclusion

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

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