How To Install reprepro on Debian 10

Learn how to install reprepro on Debian 10 with this tutorial. reprepro is Debian package repository producer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install reprepro on Debian 10.

What is reprepro

reprepro is:

reprepro is a tool to manage a repository of Debian packages (.deb, .udeb, .dsc, …). It stores files either being injected manually or downloaded from some other repository (partially) mirrored into one pool/ hierarchy. Managed packages and files are stored in a Berkeley DB, so no database server is needed. Checking signatures of mirrored repositories and creating signatures of the generated Package indices is supported.

This package also contains the changestool and rredtool helpers.

There are three methods to install reprepro 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 reprepro Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install reprepro

Install reprepro Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install reprepro using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install reprepro

Install reprepro 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 reprepro using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install reprepro

How To Uninstall reprepro on Debian 10

To uninstall only the reprepro package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove reprepro

Uninstall reprepro And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove reprepro

Remove reprepro Configurations and Data

To remove reprepro configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge reprepro

Remove reprepro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reprepro

Dependencies

reprepro have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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