How To Install mercurial on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mercurial on Debian 10.
What is mercurial
mercurial is:
Mercurial is a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.
Its features include:
- O(1) delta-compressed file storage and retrieval scheme
- Complete cross-indexing of files and changesets for efficient exploration of project history
- Robust SHA1-based integrity checking and append-only storage model
- Decentralized development model with arbitrary merging between trees
- High-speed HTTP-based network merge protocol
- Easy-to-use command-line interface
- Integrated stand-alone web interface
- Small Python codebase
This package contains the architecture dependent files.
There are three methods to install mercurial 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 mercurial 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mercurial
Install mercurial Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mercurial using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mercurial
Install mercurial 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mercurial
How To Uninstall mercurial on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mercurial package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mercurial
Uninstall mercurial And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mercurial and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mercurial
Remove mercurial Configurations and Data
To remove mercurial configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mercurial
Remove mercurial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mercurial configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mercurial
Dependencies
mercurial have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mercurial package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.