How To Install git-evtag-tests on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-evtag-tests on Debian 12.
What is git-evtag-tests
git-evtag-tests is:
git-evtag can be used as a replacement for git-tag -s. It will generate a strong checksum (called Git-EVTag-v0-SHA512) over the commit, tree, and blobs it references (and recursively over submodules).
This package contains “as-installed” automated tests, typically used via gnome-desktop-testing-runner or autopkgtest.
There are three methods to install git-evtag-tests 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-evtag-tests 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-evtag-tests using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-evtag-tests
Install git-evtag-tests Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-evtag-tests using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-evtag-tests
Install git-evtag-tests 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-evtag-tests using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-evtag-tests
How To Uninstall git-evtag-tests on Debian 12
To uninstall only the git-evtag-tests package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-evtag-tests
Uninstall git-evtag-tests And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-evtag-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-evtag-tests
Remove git-evtag-tests Configurations and Data
To remove git-evtag-tests configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-evtag-tests
Remove git-evtag-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-evtag-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-evtag-tests
Dependencies
git-evtag-tests have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-evtag-tests package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
