How To Install developers-reference on Debian 10

Learn how to install developers-reference on Debian 10 with this tutorial. developers-reference is guidelines and information for Debian developers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install developers-reference on Debian 10.

What is developers-reference

developers-reference is:

This package contains the Debian Developer’s Reference, a set of guidelines and best practices which has been established by and for the community of Debian developers. If you are not a Debian developer, you probably do not need this package.

Table of Contents:

1. Scope of This Document
2. Applying to Become a Member
3. Debian Developer's Duties
4. Resources for Debian Members
5. Managing Packages
6. Best Packaging Practices
7. Beyond Packaging
8. Internationalization and Translations

This package contains the English version of the Developer’s Reference. The French, German, Italy, Russian and Japanese translations are available in developers-reference-fr, developers-reference-de, developers-reference-it, developers-reference-ru and developers-reference-ja.

There are three methods to install developers-reference on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install developers-reference Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install developers-reference

Install developers-reference Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install developers-reference

Install developers-reference 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 developers-reference using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install developers-reference

How To Uninstall developers-reference on Debian 10

To uninstall only the developers-reference package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove developers-reference

Uninstall developers-reference And Its Dependencies

To uninstall developers-reference and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove developers-reference

Remove developers-reference Configurations and Data

To remove developers-reference configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge developers-reference

Remove developers-reference configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge developers-reference

Dependencies

developers-reference have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install developers-reference package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.