How To Install magit on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install magit on Debian 9.
What is magit
magit is:
This transitional package is safe to remove.
There are three methods to install magit on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install magit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install magit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install magit
Install magit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install magit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install magit
Install magit 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 magit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install magit
How To Uninstall magit on Debian 9
To uninstall only the magit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove magit
Uninstall magit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall magit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove magit
Remove magit Configurations and Data
To remove magit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge magit
Remove magit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove magit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge magit
Dependencies
magit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install magit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.