How To Install gitsome on Debian 10

Learn how to install gitsome on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gitsome is Supercharged Git/Shell Autocompleter with GitHub Integration

Introduction

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

What is gitsome

gitsome is:

gitsome provides direct integration with GitHub and GitHub Enterprise in a terminal. It includes not only GitHub integrated commands that work with all shells but also provides following functions.

  • Git and GitHub Autocompleter With Interactive Help
  • Fish-Style Auto-Suggestions
  • General Autocompleter
  • Python REPL
  • Command History
  • Customizable Highlighting

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gitsome

Install gitsome Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gitsome

Install gitsome 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 gitsome using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gitsome

How To Uninstall gitsome on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove gitsome

Uninstall gitsome And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitsome

Remove gitsome Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gitsome

Remove gitsome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitsome

Dependencies

gitsome have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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