How To Install mock on Debian 10

Learn how to install mock on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mock is Build rpm packages inside a chroot

Introduction

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

What is mock

mock is:

Mock creates chroots and builds rpms in them. Its only task is to reliably populate a chroot and attempt to build a package in that chroot. It is used be the Fedora Extras project to build their packages cleanly.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mock

Install mock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mock

Install mock 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 mock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mock

How To Uninstall mock on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove mock

Uninstall mock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mock

Remove mock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mock

Remove mock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mock

Dependencies

mock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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