How To Install pybit-watcher on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pybit-watcher on Debian 9.
What is pybit-watcher
pybit-watcher 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 watcher which runs as a daemon and monitors a directory for changes files then runs the appropriate reprepro rule.
This allows pybit clients to upload without waiting for the packages to be processed by reprepro.
There are three methods to install pybit-watcher 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 pybit-watcher 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-watcher using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pybit-watcher
Install pybit-watcher Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pybit-watcher using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pybit-watcher
Install pybit-watcher 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-watcher using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pybit-watcher
How To Uninstall pybit-watcher on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pybit-watcher package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pybit-watcher
Uninstall pybit-watcher And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pybit-watcher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pybit-watcher
Remove pybit-watcher Configurations and Data
To remove pybit-watcher configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pybit-watcher
Remove pybit-watcher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pybit-watcher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pybit-watcher
Dependencies
pybit-watcher have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pybit-watcher package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
