How To Install gendarme on Debian 12

Learn how to install gendarme on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gendarme is extensible rule-based checker for CLI assemblies

Introduction

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

What is `gendarme`

gendarme is:

Gendarme is a extensible rule-based tool to find problems in .NET applications and libraries. Gendarme inspects programs and libraries that contain code in ECMA CIL format (Mono and .NET) and looks for common problems with the code, problems that compiler do not typically check or have not historically checked.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gendarme

Install gendarme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gendarme

Install gendarme 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 gendarme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gendarme

How To Uninstall gendarme on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove gendarme

Uninstall gendarme And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gendarme

Remove gendarme Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gendarme

Remove gendarme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gendarme

Dependencies

gendarme have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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