How To Install dotdrop on Debian 12

Learn how to install dotdrop on Debian 12 with this tutorial. dotdrop is save your dotfiles once deploy them everywhere

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dotdrop on Debian 12.

What is `dotdrop`

dotdrop is:

This program makes the management of dotfiles between different hosts easy. It allows you to store your dotfiles in Git and automagically deploy different versions of the same file on different setups.

It also allows manage different sets of dotfiles. For example, you can have a set of dotfiles for your home laptop and a different set for your office desktop. Those sets may overlap, and different versions of the same dotfiles can be deployed using different predefined profiles. Or you may have a main set of dotfiles for your everyday host and a subset you only need to deploy to temporary hosts (cloud VM etc.) that may be using a slightly different version of some of the dotfiles.

There are three methods to install dotdrop 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 dotdrop Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dotdrop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dotdrop

Install dotdrop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dotdrop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dotdrop

Install dotdrop 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 dotdrop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dotdrop

How To Uninstall dotdrop on Debian 12

To uninstall only the dotdrop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dotdrop

Uninstall dotdrop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dotdrop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dotdrop

Remove dotdrop Configurations and Data

To remove dotdrop configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dotdrop

Remove dotdrop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dotdrop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dotdrop

Dependencies

dotdrop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dotdrop package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.