How To Install svn2git on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install svn2git on Debian 11. svn2git is Ruby tool for migrating svn projects to git

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install svn2git on Debian 11.

What is svn2git

svn2git is:

Svn2git is a tiny utility for migrating projects from Subversion to Git while keeping the trunk, branches and tags where they should be. It uses git-svn to clone an svn repository and does some clean-up to make sure branches and tags are imported in a meaningful way, and that the code checked into master ends up being what’s currently in your svn trunk rather than whichever svn branch your last commit was in.

There are three methods to install svn2git 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 svn2git Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install svn2git using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install svn2git

Install svn2git Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install svn2git using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install svn2git

Install svn2git 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 svn2git using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install svn2git

How To Uninstall svn2git on Debian 11

To uninstall only the svn2git package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove svn2git

Uninstall svn2git And Its Dependencies

To uninstall svn2git and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove svn2git

Remove svn2git Configurations and Data

To remove svn2git configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge svn2git

Remove svn2git configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove svn2git configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge svn2git

Dependencies

svn2git have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install svn2git package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.