How To Install rcs-blame on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rcs-blame on Debian 11.
What is rcs-blame
rcs-blame is:
Blame is the equivalent for CVS’s annotate command.
An annotated RCS file describes the revision and date in which each line was added to the file, and the author of each line.
There are three methods to install rcs-blame on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rcs-blame Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rcs-blame using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rcs-blame
Install rcs-blame Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rcs-blame using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rcs-blame
Install rcs-blame 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 rcs-blame using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rcs-blame
How To Uninstall rcs-blame on Debian 11
To uninstall only the rcs-blame package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rcs-blame
Uninstall rcs-blame And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rcs-blame and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rcs-blame
Remove rcs-blame Configurations and Data
To remove rcs-blame configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rcs-blame
Remove rcs-blame configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rcs-blame configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rcs-blame
Dependencies
rcs-blame have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rcs-blame package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
