How To Install synadm on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install synadm on Debian 12.
What is synadm
synadm is:
Synadm is a CLI tool to help admins of Matrix-Synapse homeservers conveniently issue commands available via its admin API.
This tool is designed to run either directly on the host running the Synapse instance or on a remote machine able to access Synapse’s API port.
There are three methods to install synadm on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install synadm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install synadm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install synadm
Install synadm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install synadm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install synadm
Install synadm 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 synadm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install synadm
How To Uninstall synadm on Debian 12
To uninstall only the synadm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove synadm
Uninstall synadm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall synadm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove synadm
Remove synadm Configurations and Data
To remove synadm configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge synadm
Remove synadm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove synadm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge synadm
Dependencies
synadm have the following dependencies:
- python3-click
- python3-click-option-group
- python3-dnspython
- python3-requests
- python3-tabulate
- python3-yaml
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install synadm package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
