How To Install equivs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install equivs on Debian 12.
What is equivs
equivs is:
This package provides a tool to create trivial Debian packages. Typically these packages contain only dependency information, but they can also include normal installed files like other packages do.
One use for this is to create a metapackage: a package whose sole purpose is to declare dependencies and conflicts on other packages so that these will be automatically installed, upgraded, or removed.
Another use is to circumvent dependency checking: by letting dpkg think a particular package name and version is installed when it isn’t, you can work around bugs in other packages’ dependencies. (Please do still file such bugs, though.)
There are three methods to install equivs 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 equivs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install equivs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install equivs
Install equivs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install equivs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install equivs
Install equivs 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 equivs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install equivs
How To Uninstall equivs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the equivs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove equivs
Uninstall equivs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall equivs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove equivs
Remove equivs Configurations and Data
To remove equivs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge equivs
Remove equivs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove equivs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge equivs
Dependencies
equivs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install equivs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.