How To Install octocatalog-diff on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octocatalog-diff
on Debian 10.
What is octocatalog-diff
octocatalog-diff is:
octocatalog-diff is a tool to detect and display differences in Puppet catalogs compiled from different environments. The catalogs may be obtained through any of the following means:
- Compilation using a local puppet instance
- Puppet master 3.x/4.x HTTP API
- PuppetDB HTTP API
- Precompiled JSON catalogs
octocatalog-diff filters out attributes or resources with no effect (e.g. tags) and displays only state differences between the two catalogs. It does not require a working Puppet master (or puppetserver), making it suitable for development use and use in Continuous Integration environments.
There are three methods to install octocatalog-diff
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 octocatalog-diff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octocatalog-diff
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octocatalog-diff
Install octocatalog-diff Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octocatalog-diff
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octocatalog-diff
Install octocatalog-diff 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 octocatalog-diff
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octocatalog-diff
How To Uninstall octocatalog-diff on Debian 10
To uninstall only the octocatalog-diff
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octocatalog-diff
Uninstall octocatalog-diff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octocatalog-diff
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octocatalog-diff
Remove octocatalog-diff Configurations and Data
To remove octocatalog-diff
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octocatalog-diff
Remove octocatalog-diff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octocatalog-diff
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octocatalog-diff
Dependencies
octocatalog-diff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octocatalog-diff
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.