How To Install bugzilla-cli on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bugzilla-cli on Debian 9.
What is bugzilla-cli
bugzilla-cli is:
bugzilla-cli is a Python tool for interacting with Bugzilla instances from shell scripts. It uses the ‘python-bugzilla’ library behind the scenes.
This package installs the tool for Python 3.
There are three methods to install bugzilla-cli 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 bugzilla-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bugzilla-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bugzilla-cli
Install bugzilla-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bugzilla-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bugzilla-cli
Install bugzilla-cli 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 bugzilla-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bugzilla-cli
How To Uninstall bugzilla-cli on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bugzilla-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bugzilla-cli
Uninstall bugzilla-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bugzilla-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bugzilla-cli
Remove bugzilla-cli Configurations and Data
To remove bugzilla-cli configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bugzilla-cli
Remove bugzilla-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bugzilla-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bugzilla-cli
Dependencies
bugzilla-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bugzilla-cli package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
