How To Install maven-debian-helper on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-debian-helper on Debian 10.
What is maven-debian-helper
maven-debian-helper is:
maven-debian-helper is a set of tools used to generate Debian packages from Maven projects and build them in a manner that complies with the Debian policies.
There are three methods to install maven-debian-helper 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 maven-debian-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maven-debian-helper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maven-debian-helper
Install maven-debian-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maven-debian-helper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maven-debian-helper
Install maven-debian-helper 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 maven-debian-helper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maven-debian-helper
How To Uninstall maven-debian-helper on Debian 10
To uninstall only the maven-debian-helper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maven-debian-helper
Uninstall maven-debian-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maven-debian-helper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maven-debian-helper
Remove maven-debian-helper Configurations and Data
To remove maven-debian-helper configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maven-debian-helper
Remove maven-debian-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maven-debian-helper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maven-debian-helper
Dependencies
maven-debian-helper have the following dependencies:
- default-jdk-headless
- libmaven-clean-plugin-java
- libmaven-compiler-plugin-java
- libmaven-jar-plugin-java
- libmaven-resources-plugin-java
- libmaven-site-plugin-java
- libplexus-velocity-java
- libsurefire-java
- libxml2-utils
- maven
- maven-repo-helper
- unzip
- velocity
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-debian-helper package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.