How To Install maint-guide on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install maint-guide on Debian 9. maint-guide is Debian New Maintainers Guide

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maint-guide on Debian 9.

What is maint-guide

maint-guide is:

This package contains the Debian New Maintainers’ Guide.

This document tries to describe the building of a Debian package to ordinary Debian users and prospective developers. It uses fairly non-technical language, and it’s well covered with working examples.

The document contains these chapters: * 1 Getting started The Right Way * 2 First steps * 3 Modifying the source * 4 Required files under debian directory * 5 Other files under debian directory * 6 Building the package * 7 Checking the package for errors * 8 Uploading the package * 9 Updating the package

There are three methods to install maint-guide 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 maint-guide Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install maint-guide

Install maint-guide Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maint-guide

Install maint-guide 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 maint-guide using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maint-guide

How To Uninstall maint-guide on Debian 9

To uninstall only the maint-guide package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove maint-guide

Uninstall maint-guide And Its Dependencies

To uninstall maint-guide and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maint-guide

Remove maint-guide Configurations and Data

To remove maint-guide configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge maint-guide

Remove maint-guide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maint-guide

Dependencies

maint-guide have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install maint-guide package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.