How To Install metamonger on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metamonger
on Debian 10.
What is metamonger
metamonger is:
metamonger allows you to save, diff, and restore filesystem metadata like mtime, atime, uid, gid, etc. The storage backend is line-wise JSON; this makes it easy to commit, track, and merge the data with a VCS like Git as well as edit the stored data by hand.
There are three methods to install metamonger
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 metamonger Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install metamonger
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install metamonger
Install metamonger Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install metamonger
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install metamonger
Install metamonger 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 metamonger
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install metamonger
How To Uninstall metamonger on Debian 10
To uninstall only the metamonger
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove metamonger
Uninstall metamonger And Its Dependencies
To uninstall metamonger
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove metamonger
Remove metamonger Configurations and Data
To remove metamonger
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge metamonger
Remove metamonger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove metamonger
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge metamonger
Dependencies
metamonger have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metamonger
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.