How To Install debspawn on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debspawn on Debian 12.
What is debspawn
debspawn is:
Debspawn is a tool to build Debian packages in an isolated environment, using systemd-nspawn containers. By using containers, Debspawn can isolate builds from the host system much better than traditional chroot-based build environments could.
Debspawn is designed to be both easy to use by humans, as well as easy to integrate into an automated package build workflow.
There are three methods to install debspawn 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 debspawn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debspawn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debspawn
Install debspawn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debspawn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debspawn
Install debspawn 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 debspawn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debspawn
How To Uninstall debspawn on Debian 12
To uninstall only the debspawn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debspawn
Uninstall debspawn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debspawn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debspawn
Remove debspawn Configurations and Data
To remove debspawn configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debspawn
Remove debspawn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debspawn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debspawn
Dependencies
debspawn have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debspawn package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.