How To Install go-rpmdb on Debian 12

Learn how to install go-rpmdb on Debian 12 with this tutorial. go-rpmdb is Package enumeration tool in a RPM DB

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-rpmdb on Debian 12.

What is go-rpmdb

go-rpmdb is:

a tiny appliceation for enumerating packages in a RPM DB Packages file.

There are three methods to install go-rpmdb on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install go-rpmdb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install go-rpmdb

Install go-rpmdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install go-rpmdb

Install go-rpmdb 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 go-rpmdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install go-rpmdb

How To Uninstall go-rpmdb on Debian 12

To uninstall only the go-rpmdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove go-rpmdb

Uninstall go-rpmdb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall go-rpmdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove go-rpmdb

Remove go-rpmdb Configurations and Data

To remove go-rpmdb configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge go-rpmdb

Remove go-rpmdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge go-rpmdb

Dependencies

go-rpmdb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-rpmdb package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.