How To Install git-dpm on Debian 10

Learn how to install git-dpm on Debian 10 with this tutorial. git-dpm is git Debian package manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-dpm on Debian 10.

What is git-dpm

git-dpm is:

Manage Debian source packages in an git archive, storing possible changes to the upstream source as git commits that are stored in “3.0 (quilt)” format patch series.

There are three methods to install git-dpm on Debian 10. 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-dpm 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-dpm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install git-dpm

Install git-dpm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install git-dpm

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

sudo aptitude -y install git-dpm

How To Uninstall git-dpm on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove git-dpm

Uninstall git-dpm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall git-dpm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-dpm

Remove git-dpm Configurations and Data

To remove git-dpm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge git-dpm

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

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

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

Dependencies

git-dpm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-dpm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.