How To Install statcvs on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install statcvs on Debian 9. statcvs is CVS Repository statistic analysis tool, written in Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install statcvs on Debian 9.

What is statcvs

statcvs is:

StatCvs retrieves information from a CVS repository and generates various tables and charts describing the project development, e.g. timeline for the lines of code, contribution of each developer etc.

The current version of StatCvs generates a static suite of HTML documents containing tables and chart images. StatCvs is open source software, released under the terms oft the LGPL. StatCvs uses JFreeChart to generate charts.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install statcvs

Install statcvs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install statcvs

Install statcvs 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 statcvs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install statcvs

How To Uninstall statcvs on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove statcvs

Uninstall statcvs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall statcvs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove statcvs

Remove statcvs Configurations and Data

To remove statcvs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge statcvs

Remove statcvs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge statcvs

Dependencies

statcvs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install statcvs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.