How To Install arriero on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install arriero on Debian 9.
What is arriero
arriero is:
Arriero is a tool that allows simplifying the management of Debian packages, particularly useful when having to make new upstream releases, builds and uploads of similar packages.
It relies heavily in the use of git-buildpackage, and general git practices, so it’s only useful for packages currently maintained through git.
There are three methods to install arriero 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 arriero Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install arriero using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install arriero
Install arriero Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install arriero using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install arriero
Install arriero 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 arriero using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install arriero
How To Uninstall arriero on Debian 9
To uninstall only the arriero package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove arriero
Uninstall arriero And Its Dependencies
To uninstall arriero and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove arriero
Remove arriero Configurations and Data
To remove arriero configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge arriero
Remove arriero configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove arriero configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arriero
Dependencies
arriero have the following dependencies:
- cowbuilder
- debhelper
- devscripts
- dpkg-dev
- fakeroot
- file
- git-buildpackage
- gpgv
- libcrypt-ssleay-perl
- libwww-perl
- lintian
- lzma
- python-deb822
- python-git
- sudo
- unzip
- python
- python
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install arriero package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
