How To Install eclipse-rpm-editor on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-rpm-editor on Debian 9.
What is eclipse-rpm-editor
eclipse-rpm-editor is:
Specfile Editor is a full featured editor for RPM spec files. Specfiles are the files that tell the rpm program which are the sources for this package, how to build, where to install, additional scripts to execute on install/uninstall and so on. This plugin provides all the basic features for editing or modifing such specfile.
There are three methods to install eclipse-rpm-editor 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 eclipse-rpm-editor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-rpm-editor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-rpm-editor
Install eclipse-rpm-editor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-rpm-editor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-rpm-editor
Install eclipse-rpm-editor 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 eclipse-rpm-editor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-rpm-editor
How To Uninstall eclipse-rpm-editor on Debian 9
To uninstall only the eclipse-rpm-editor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-rpm-editor
Uninstall eclipse-rpm-editor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-rpm-editor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-rpm-editor
Remove eclipse-rpm-editor Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-rpm-editor configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-rpm-editor
Remove eclipse-rpm-editor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-rpm-editor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-rpm-editor
Dependencies
eclipse-rpm-editor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-rpm-editor package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
