How To Install bzr on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzr on Debian 9. bzr is easy to use distributed version control system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzr on Debian 9.

What is bzr

bzr is:

Bazaar is a distributed version control system designed to be easy to use and intuitive, able to adapt to many workflows, reliable, and easily extendable.

Publishing of branches can be done over plain HTTP, that is, no special software is needed on the server to host Bazaar branches. Branches can be pushed to the server via sftp (which most SSH installations come with), FTP, or over a custom and faster protocol if bzr is installed in the remote end.

Merging in Bazaar is easy, as the implementation is able to avoid many spurious conflicts, deals well with repeated merges between branches, and is able to handle modifications to renamed files correctly.

Bazaar is written in Python, and has a flexible plugin interface which can be used to extend its functionality. Many plugins exist, providing useful commands (bzrtools), graphical interfaces (qbzr), or native interaction with Subversion branches (bzr-svn).

Install python-paramiko if you are going to push branches to remote hosts with sftp.

There are three methods to install bzr 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 bzr Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bzr

Install bzr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bzr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bzr

Install bzr 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 bzr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bzr

How To Uninstall bzr on Debian 9

To uninstall only the bzr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bzr

Uninstall bzr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bzr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bzr

Remove bzr Configurations and Data

To remove bzr configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bzr

Remove bzr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bzr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bzr

Dependencies

bzr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzr package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.