How To Install git-mediawiki on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-mediawiki on Debian 12.
What is git-mediawiki
git-mediawiki 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 the mediawiki remote helper, which allows Git to read from and write to a wiki such as Wikipedia as though it were a remote Git repository, and a ‘git mw’ command that can show a preview of how wiki markup will be rendered before pushing.
There are three methods to install git-mediawiki 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-mediawiki 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-mediawiki using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-mediawiki
Install git-mediawiki Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-mediawiki using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-mediawiki
Install git-mediawiki 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-mediawiki using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-mediawiki
How To Uninstall git-mediawiki on Debian 12
To uninstall only the git-mediawiki package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-mediawiki
Uninstall git-mediawiki And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-mediawiki and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-mediawiki
Remove git-mediawiki Configurations and Data
To remove git-mediawiki configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-mediawiki
Remove git-mediawiki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-mediawiki configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-mediawiki
Dependencies
git-mediawiki have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-mediawiki package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
