How To Install patatt on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install patatt
on Debian 12.
What is patatt
patatt is:
This utility allows an easy way to add end-to-end cryptographic attestation to patches sent via mail. It does so by adapting the DKIM email signature standard to include cryptographic signatures via the X-Developer-Signature email header.
If your project workflow doesn’t use patches sent via email, then you don’t need this and should simply start signing your tags and commits.
There are three methods to install patatt
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 patatt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install patatt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install patatt
Install patatt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install patatt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install patatt
Install patatt 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 patatt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install patatt
How To Uninstall patatt on Debian 12
To uninstall only the patatt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove patatt
Uninstall patatt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall patatt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove patatt
Remove patatt Configurations and Data
To remove patatt
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge patatt
Remove patatt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove patatt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge patatt
Dependencies
patatt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install patatt
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.