How To Install gitpkg on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitpkg on Debian 11.
What is gitpkg
gitpkg is:
This package provides tools and automation to assist with maintaining Debian packages in git.
gitpkg - creates a source package from specified repository versions. git-debimport - creates a git repository from a set of existing packages.
No particular repository layout is required for gitpkg to export source from it, existing repositories should require no modification. If there is a valid Debian source tree in there then gitpkg can export a package from any revision of it for you. In the Grand Old Manner these tools are intended to simplify specific parts of your existing packaging process and integrate smoothly with it, not to replace that with its own singular constraints on how you may work. Since not every packaging style suits every package, gitpkg aims to be able to work equally well with all of them by sticking to just its part of the job and staying out of your way entirely until that job needs to be done. Hook points are provided for performing additional package and user specific operations as you may desire or require at export time.
There are three methods to install gitpkg on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gitpkg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gitpkg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gitpkg
Install gitpkg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gitpkg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gitpkg
Install gitpkg 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 gitpkg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gitpkg
How To Uninstall gitpkg on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gitpkg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gitpkg
Uninstall gitpkg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gitpkg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitpkg
Remove gitpkg Configurations and Data
To remove gitpkg configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gitpkg
Remove gitpkg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gitpkg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitpkg
Dependencies
gitpkg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitpkg package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.