How To Install gource on Debian 10

Learn how to install gource on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gource is graphical source control visualisation

Introduction

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

What is gource

gource is:

OpenGL-based 3D visualisation tool for source control repositories.

The repository is displayed as a tree where the root of the repository is the centre, directories are branches and files are leaves. Contributors to the source code appear and disappear as they contribute to specific files and directories.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gource

Install gource Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gource

Install gource 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 gource using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gource

How To Uninstall gource on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove gource

Uninstall gource And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gource

Remove gource Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gource

Remove gource configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gource

Dependencies

gource have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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