How To Install gitlab-rulez on Debian 12

Learn how to install gitlab-rulez on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gitlab-rulez is tool to help setting up GitLab repository

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitlab-rulez on Debian 12.

What is gitlab-rulez

gitlab-rulez is:

Compute and apply changes to the settings of the projects in a GitLab instance based on a set of YAML rules.

There are three methods to install gitlab-rulez 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 gitlab-rulez Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gitlab-rulez using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gitlab-rulez

Install gitlab-rulez Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gitlab-rulez

Install gitlab-rulez 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 gitlab-rulez using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gitlab-rulez

How To Uninstall gitlab-rulez on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gitlab-rulez package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gitlab-rulez

Uninstall gitlab-rulez And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gitlab-rulez and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitlab-rulez

Remove gitlab-rulez Configurations and Data

To remove gitlab-rulez configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gitlab-rulez

Remove gitlab-rulez configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitlab-rulez

Dependencies

gitlab-rulez have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitlab-rulez package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.