How To Install freebsd-mk on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freebsd-mk
on Debian 10.
What is freebsd-mk
freebsd-mk is:
This package contains the makefile templates from the FreeBSD project. They provide simple rules to build programs, libraries, etc.
These templates provide an alternative to the default makefile templates shipped with bmake. If you want to enable them in your programs, simply invoke bmake as follows:
bmake -m /usr/share/mk-freebsd
There are three methods to install freebsd-mk
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 freebsd-mk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freebsd-mk
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freebsd-mk
Install freebsd-mk Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freebsd-mk
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freebsd-mk
Install freebsd-mk 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 freebsd-mk
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freebsd-mk
How To Uninstall freebsd-mk on Debian 10
To uninstall only the freebsd-mk
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freebsd-mk
Uninstall freebsd-mk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freebsd-mk
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freebsd-mk
Remove freebsd-mk Configurations and Data
To remove freebsd-mk
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freebsd-mk
Remove freebsd-mk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freebsd-mk
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freebsd-mk
Dependencies
freebsd-mk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freebsd-mk
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.