How To Install dh-package-notes on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-package-notes on Debian 12.
What is dh-package-notes
dh-package-notes is:
Provides a linker specs file to add package metadata to the ELF binaries being built. See: https://systemd.io/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA/
There are three methods to install dh-package-notes 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 dh-package-notes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-package-notes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-package-notes
Install dh-package-notes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-package-notes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-package-notes
Install dh-package-notes 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 dh-package-notes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-package-notes
How To Uninstall dh-package-notes on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dh-package-notes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-package-notes
Uninstall dh-package-notes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-package-notes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-package-notes
Remove dh-package-notes Configurations and Data
To remove dh-package-notes configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-package-notes
Remove dh-package-notes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-package-notes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-package-notes
Dependencies
dh-package-notes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-package-notes package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
