How To Install make_work 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 boinc-dbg

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

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

sudo apt -y install boinc-dbg

Install make_work using apt

Because make_work 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 make_work using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install boinc-dbg

Install make_work 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 make_work by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install boinc-dbg

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

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install boinc-dbg

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 boinc-dbg

How To Uninstall make_work from Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove boinc-dbg

Uninstall make_work and all its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove boinc-dbg

Remove make_work with all configurations and data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge boinc-dbg

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge boinc-dbg

Extra info and code examples

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources. This package contains unstripped versions of all binaries included in the BOINC client packages. It is provided primarily to provide a backtrace with names in a debugger, this makes it somewhat easier to interpret core dumps. For installations running a BOINC server locally, it may be of interest to also install the boinc-server-dbg package.

Conclusion

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

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