How To Install cobra-cli on Debian 12

Learn how to install cobra-cli on Debian 12 with this tutorial. cobra-cli is Cobra CLI tool to generate Go applications and commands

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cobra-cli on Debian 12.

What is cobra-cli

cobra-cli is:

Cobra provides its own program that will create your Go application and add any commands you want. It’s the easiest way to incorporate Cobra into your application.

There are three methods to install cobra-cli 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 cobra-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cobra-cli

Install cobra-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cobra-cli

Install cobra-cli 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 cobra-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cobra-cli

How To Uninstall cobra-cli on Debian 12

To uninstall only the cobra-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cobra-cli

Uninstall cobra-cli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cobra-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cobra-cli

Remove cobra-cli Configurations and Data

To remove cobra-cli configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cobra-cli

Remove cobra-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cobra-cli

Dependencies

cobra-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cobra-cli package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.