How To Install mercurial-buildpackage on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mercurial-buildpackage on Debian 9.
What is mercurial-buildpackage
mercurial-buildpackage is:
This package helps to automate the task of maintaining Debian packages by using the distributed version-control system Mercurial. The programs included are:
mercurial-importdsc: Import an existing Debian source package into a Mercurial repository.
mercurial-importorig: Import new upstream tarballs.
mercurial-pristinetar: Recreate source tarballs from the Mercurial repository so they are identical to original upstream tarballs.
mercurial-buildpackage: Build a Debian package from the Mercurial repository, either in-place or using pbuilder.
mercurial-tagversion: Mark an uploaded Debian package for future reference.
There are three methods to install mercurial-buildpackage 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 mercurial-buildpackage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mercurial-buildpackage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mercurial-buildpackage
Install mercurial-buildpackage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mercurial-buildpackage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mercurial-buildpackage
Install mercurial-buildpackage 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 mercurial-buildpackage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mercurial-buildpackage
How To Uninstall mercurial-buildpackage on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mercurial-buildpackage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mercurial-buildpackage
Uninstall mercurial-buildpackage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mercurial-buildpackage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mercurial-buildpackage
Remove mercurial-buildpackage Configurations and Data
To remove mercurial-buildpackage configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mercurial-buildpackage
Remove mercurial-buildpackage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mercurial-buildpackage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mercurial-buildpackage
Dependencies
mercurial-buildpackage have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mercurial-buildpackage package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.