How To Install dh-metainit on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-metainit on Debian 10.
What is dh-metainit
dh-metainit is:
This debhelper script should be used by package that ship an metainit file. It installs the metainit file in the right spot and add the required actions to the maintainer scripts.
There are three methods to install dh-metainit 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 dh-metainit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-metainit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-metainit
Install dh-metainit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-metainit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-metainit
Install dh-metainit 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 dh-metainit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-metainit
How To Uninstall dh-metainit on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dh-metainit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-metainit
Uninstall dh-metainit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-metainit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-metainit
Remove dh-metainit Configurations and Data
To remove dh-metainit configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-metainit
Remove dh-metainit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-metainit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-metainit
Dependencies
dh-metainit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-metainit package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
