How To Install monotone-extras on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install monotone-extras on Debian 9.
What is monotone-extras
monotone-extras is:
Monotone is a free, distributed version control system. It provides fully disconnected operation, manages complete tree versions, keeps its state in a local transactional database, supports overlapping branches and extensible metadata, uses an efficient peer-to-peer network protocol, performs history-sensitive merging, and delegates trust functions to client-side RSA certificates.
This package contains scripts, monotone hooks and more:
- mtn-cleanup (please install perl to use this)
- monotone-mail-notify.lua + monotone-mail-notify (please install mime-construct and source-highlight to use this)
- get_passphrase_from_file.lua
- authorize_remote_automate.lua
There are three methods to install monotone-extras 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 monotone-extras Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install monotone-extras using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install monotone-extras
Install monotone-extras Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install monotone-extras using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install monotone-extras
Install monotone-extras 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 monotone-extras using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install monotone-extras
How To Uninstall monotone-extras on Debian 9
To uninstall only the monotone-extras package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove monotone-extras
Uninstall monotone-extras And Its Dependencies
To uninstall monotone-extras and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove monotone-extras
Remove monotone-extras Configurations and Data
To remove monotone-extras configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge monotone-extras
Remove monotone-extras configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove monotone-extras configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monotone-extras
Dependencies
monotone-extras have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install monotone-extras package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
