How To Install git-man on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-man
on Debian 10.
What is git-man
git-man is:
Git is popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is used for many high profile open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.
Git falls in the category of distributed source code management tools. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.
This package provides reference documentation for use by the ‘man’ utility and the ‘git help’ command.
There are three methods to install git-man
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-man Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install git-man
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install git-man Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install git-man
using apt
by running the following command:
Install git-man 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.
After updating apt database, We can install git-man
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall git-man on Debian 10
To uninstall only the git-man
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall git-man And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-man
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
Remove git-man Configurations and Data
To remove git-man
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
Remove git-man configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-man
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
git-man have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-man
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.