How To Install monotone-server on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install monotone-server on Debian 9.
What is monotone-server
monotone-server 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 to facilitate running a monotone server.
There are three methods to install monotone-server 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-server 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-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install monotone-server
Install monotone-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install monotone-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install monotone-server
Install monotone-server 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-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install monotone-server
How To Uninstall monotone-server on Debian 9
To uninstall only the monotone-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove monotone-server
Uninstall monotone-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall monotone-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove monotone-server
Remove monotone-server Configurations and Data
To remove monotone-server configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge monotone-server
Remove monotone-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove monotone-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monotone-server
Dependencies
monotone-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install monotone-server package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
