How To Install git-debpush on Debian 12

Learn how to install git-debpush on Debian 12 with this tutorial. git-debpush is client script for git pushing to Debian-style archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-debpush on Debian 12.

What is git-debpush

git-debpush is:

git-debpush is a script to create and push a specially formatted signed git tag. The metadata in the tag indicates that the tagged commit should be pushed (or “uploaded”) to a Debian-style archive.

Tags generated by this script can be read by an intermediary service, which performs any conversion that’s needed (such as producing and signing a .dsc and .changes), and then uploads the result to the Debian-style archive on your behalf.

There are three methods to install git-debpush 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 git-debpush Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install git-debpush

Install git-debpush Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install git-debpush

Install git-debpush 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 git-debpush using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install git-debpush

How To Uninstall git-debpush on Debian 12

To uninstall only the git-debpush package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove git-debpush

Uninstall git-debpush And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-debpush

Remove git-debpush Configurations and Data

To remove git-debpush configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge git-debpush

Remove git-debpush configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-debpush

Dependencies

git-debpush have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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