How To Install dpo-tools on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpo-tools on Debian 11. dpo-tools is set of scripts that can aid in the translation of podebconf files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpo-tools on Debian 11.

What is dpo-tools

dpo-tools is:

dpo-tools is a set of shell scripts that can aid in the translation of Debian’s podebconf files done by Brazilian Portuguese Team.

dpo-tools does not dictate any rule of how translations should be done, it just tries to reflect the conventions used in the mailing list [email protected] list.

There are three methods to install dpo-tools on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dpo-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dpo-tools

Install dpo-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dpo-tools

Install dpo-tools 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 dpo-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dpo-tools

How To Uninstall dpo-tools on Debian 11

To uninstall only the dpo-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dpo-tools

Uninstall dpo-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dpo-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpo-tools

Remove dpo-tools Configurations and Data

To remove dpo-tools configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dpo-tools

Remove dpo-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpo-tools

Dependencies

dpo-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpo-tools package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.