How To Install deets on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install deets on Debian 10.
What is deets
deets is:
Deets provides a way to manage Debian packages and files on your systems using Lua-based configuration files. A specialized Lua interpreter called luau is capable of validating your specifications and optionally enforcing them.
In addition, it can scan your system and generate a crude model configuration based on the current state of the Debian package database and all conffiles.
There are three methods to install deets on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install deets Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install deets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install deets
Install deets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install deets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install deets
Install deets 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 deets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install deets
How To Uninstall deets on Debian 10
To uninstall only the deets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove deets
Uninstall deets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall deets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove deets
Remove deets Configurations and Data
To remove deets configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge deets
Remove deets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove deets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge deets
Dependencies
deets have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install deets package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.