How To Install debget on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debget on Debian 9.
What is debget
debget is:
debget downloads source and binary Debian packages by name. It doesn’t require a local copy of the Packages files, instead it queries packages.debian.org to find out what versions are available.
debget can also optionally unpack and compile source packages, and even install the generated binary packages. If you intend to use these features you should install the devscripts package for the dscverify script it contains.
There are three methods to install debget on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install debget Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debget using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debget
Install debget Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debget using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debget
Install debget 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 debget using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debget
How To Uninstall debget on Debian 9
To uninstall only the debget package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debget
Uninstall debget And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debget and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debget
Remove debget Configurations and Data
To remove debget configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debget
Remove debget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debget configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debget
Dependencies
debget have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debget package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.