How To Install makepatch on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install makepatch on Debian 10.
What is makepatch
makepatch is:
This package contains a pair of programs, makepatch and applypatch, to assist in the generation and application of patch kits to synchronise source trees.
makepatch knows about common conventions for patch kits (it generates Index: and Prereq: lines, it patches patchlevel.h first, it can use manifest files), plus it prepends some shell code which if run will take care adding directories, removing files, setting execute mode on scripts, and the like.
applypatch uses some extra data supplied by makepatch to verify both the patch and the source directory before applying the patch. Afterwards it will clean up the directory tree plus fix up the permissions and even the timestamps on the patched files.
There are three methods to install makepatch 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 makepatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install makepatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install makepatch
Install makepatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install makepatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install makepatch
Install makepatch 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 makepatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install makepatch
How To Uninstall makepatch on Debian 10
To uninstall only the makepatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove makepatch
Uninstall makepatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall makepatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove makepatch
Remove makepatch Configurations and Data
To remove makepatch configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge makepatch
Remove makepatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove makepatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makepatch
Dependencies
makepatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install makepatch package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.