How To Install git-svn on Debian 10

Learn how to install git-svn on Debian 10 with this tutorial. git-svn is fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (svn interoperability)

Introduction

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

What is git-svn

git-svn 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 tools for interoperating with Subversion repositories, and importing SVN development history.

There are three methods to install git-svn 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-svn 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-svn using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install git-svn

Install git-svn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install git-svn

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

sudo aptitude -y install git-svn

How To Uninstall git-svn on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove git-svn

Uninstall git-svn And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-svn

Remove git-svn Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge git-svn

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

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

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

Dependencies

git-svn have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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