How To Install metche on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metche on Debian 9.
What is metche
metche is:
metche monitors changes made to a “system state” composed of: - a “watched” directory (typically: /etc) - one or more user maintained changelog files (e.g. /root/Changelog) - the state of Debian packages and versions (using apt-show-versions) by periodically: - saving backups of the corresponding files - emailing the changes in the system state to your administrators' mailing list
There are three methods to install metche 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 metche Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install metche using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install metche
Install metche Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install metche using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install metche
Install metche 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 metche using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install metche
How To Uninstall metche on Debian 9
To uninstall only the metche package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove metche
Uninstall metche And Its Dependencies
To uninstall metche and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove metche
Remove metche Configurations and Data
To remove metche configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge metche
Remove metche configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove metche configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge metche
Dependencies
metche have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metche package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
