How To Install bugz on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install bugz on Debian 11. bugz is command-line interface to Bugzilla

Introduction

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

What is bugz

bugz is:

PyBugz is a Python and command line interface to Bugzilla, allowing the user to quickly search, isolate and contribute to projects using the Bugzilla bug tracker. Developers can easily extract attachments and close bugs all from the comfort of the command line.

This package provides both a fully-working CLI application as well as a Python module to be reused by other projects.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bugz

Install bugz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bugz

Install bugz 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 bugz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bugz

How To Uninstall bugz on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove bugz

Uninstall bugz And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bugz

Remove bugz Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bugz

Remove bugz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bugz

Dependencies

bugz have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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