How To Install debomatic on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debomatic on Debian 12.
What is debomatic
debomatic is:
Deb-o-Matic is an easy to use build machine for Debian source packages based on sbuild and schroot, written in Python.
It provides a simple tool to automate build of source packages with limited user interaction and a simple configuration. It has some useful features such as automatic update of chroots, automatic scan and selection of source packages to build and modules support.
It is meant to help developers to build their packages without worrying too much of compilation, since it will run in background and no user feedback is required during the whole process.
There are three methods to install debomatic 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 debomatic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debomatic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debomatic
Install debomatic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debomatic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debomatic
Install debomatic 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 debomatic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debomatic
How To Uninstall debomatic on Debian 12
To uninstall only the debomatic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debomatic
Uninstall debomatic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debomatic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debomatic
Remove debomatic Configurations and Data
To remove debomatic configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debomatic
Remove debomatic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debomatic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debomatic
Dependencies
debomatic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debomatic package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.