How To Install makepp on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install makepp on Debian 12.
What is makepp
makepp is:
Makepp, a build program which has a number of features that allow for reliable builds and simpler build files, is a drop-in replacement for GNU make. It supports almost all of the syntax that GNU make supports, and can be used with makefiles produced by utilities such as automake. It is called makepp (or make++) because it was designed with special support for C++, which has since been extended to other languages like Swig or embedded SQL.
Some features that makepp adds to make are: greatly improved handling of builds that involve multiple makefiles (recursive make is no longer necessary); automatic scanning for include files; rebuilds triggered if build command changes; checksum-based signature methods for reliable builds, smart enough to ignore whitespace or comment changes; extensibility through perl (within your makefile); repositories (automatically importing files from another tree); build caches (not recompiling identically what a user of the same cache already did).
There are three methods to install makepp 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 makepp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install makepp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install makepp
Install makepp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install makepp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install makepp
Install makepp 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 makepp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install makepp
How To Uninstall makepp on Debian 12
To uninstall only the makepp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove makepp
Uninstall makepp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall makepp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove makepp
Remove makepp Configurations and Data
To remove makepp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge makepp
Remove makepp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove makepp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makepp
Dependencies
makepp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install makepp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.