How To Install dgit on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dgit on Debian 9.
What is dgit
dgit is:
dgit (with the associated infrastructure) makes it possible to treat the Debian archive as a git repository.
dgit push constructs uploads from git commits
dgit clone and dgit fetch construct git commits from uploads.
There are three methods to install dgit 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 dgit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dgit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dgit
Install dgit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dgit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dgit
Install dgit 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 dgit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dgit
How To Uninstall dgit on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dgit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dgit
Uninstall dgit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dgit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dgit
Remove dgit Configurations and Data
To remove dgit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dgit
Remove dgit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dgit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dgit
Dependencies
dgit have the following dependencies:
- perl
- libwww-perl
- libdpkg-perl
- git-core
- devscripts
- dpkg-dev
- git-buildpackage
- liblist-moreutils-perl
- coreutils
- libdigest-sha-perl
- dput
- curl
- apt
- libjson-perl
- ca-certificates
- libtext-iconv-perl
- libtext-glob-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dgit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
