How To Install pybit-svn on Debian 10

Learn how to install pybit-svn on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pybit-svn is Subversion post commit hook for pybit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pybit-svn on Debian 10.

What is pybit-svn

pybit-svn is:

pyBit uses message queues to create a distributed, cross-platform buildd toolkit using a collection of buildds, using source from various VCS clients. pyBit is intended to support rapidly evolving software collections and can support multiple VCS frontends and multiple build backends.

This package provides a Subversion post commit hook to check for interesting changes in the repository and post a directory back to the controller using curl.

Currently, only Subversion is supported. The svn hook does not depend on the rest of pyBit or on Python.

There are three methods to install pybit-svn on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pybit-svn Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pybit-svn

Install pybit-svn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pybit-svn

Install pybit-svn 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 pybit-svn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pybit-svn

How To Uninstall pybit-svn on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pybit-svn package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pybit-svn

Uninstall pybit-svn And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pybit-svn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pybit-svn

Remove pybit-svn Configurations and Data

To remove pybit-svn configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pybit-svn

Remove pybit-svn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pybit-svn

Dependencies

pybit-svn have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pybit-svn package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.