How To Install meld on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install meld on Debian 9.
What is meld
meld is:
Meld is a graphical diff viewer and merge application for the GNOME desktop. It supports 2 and 3-file diffs, recursive directory diffs, diffing of directories under version control (Bazaar, Codeville, CVS, Darcs, Fossil SCM, Git, Mercurial, Monotone, Subversion), as well as the ability to manually and automatically merge file differences.
There are three methods to install meld 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 meld Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install meld using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install meld
Install meld Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install meld using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install meld
Install meld 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 meld using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install meld
How To Uninstall meld on Debian 9
To uninstall only the meld package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove meld
Uninstall meld And Its Dependencies
To uninstall meld and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove meld
Remove meld Configurations and Data
To remove meld configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge meld
Remove meld configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove meld configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge meld
Dependencies
meld have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install meld package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.