How To Install git-reintegrate on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-reintegrate on Debian 9. git-reintegrate is Git extension to manage integration branches

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-reintegrate on Debian 9.

What is git-reintegrate

git-reintegrate is:

This tools allows one to define which feature branches will be part of your integration branches, and help you update the latter as new versions of the feature branches are available.

There are three methods to install git-reintegrate 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 git-reintegrate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install git-reintegrate

Install git-reintegrate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install git-reintegrate

Install git-reintegrate 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 git-reintegrate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install git-reintegrate

How To Uninstall git-reintegrate on Debian 9

To uninstall only the git-reintegrate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove git-reintegrate

Uninstall git-reintegrate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall git-reintegrate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-reintegrate

Remove git-reintegrate Configurations and Data

To remove git-reintegrate configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge git-reintegrate

Remove git-reintegrate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-reintegrate

Dependencies

git-reintegrate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-reintegrate package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.