How To Install pacman-package-manager on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pacman-package-manager on Debian 12.
What is pacman-package-manager
pacman-package-manager is:
pacman is a utility which manages software packages in Linux. It uses simple compressed files as a package format, and maintains a text-based package database just in case some hand tweaking is necessary. pacman does not strive to “do everything.” It will add, remove and upgrade packages in the system, and it will allow you to query the package database for installed packages, files and owners. It also attempts to handle dependencies automatically and can download packages from a remote server.
There are three methods to install pacman-package-manager on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pacman-package-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pacman-package-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pacman-package-manager
Install pacman-package-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pacman-package-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pacman-package-manager
Install pacman-package-manager 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 pacman-package-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pacman-package-manager
How To Uninstall pacman-package-manager on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pacman-package-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pacman-package-manager
Uninstall pacman-package-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pacman-package-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pacman-package-manager
Remove pacman-package-manager Configurations and Data
To remove pacman-package-manager configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pacman-package-manager
Remove pacman-package-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pacman-package-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pacman-package-manager
Dependencies
pacman-package-manager have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pacman-package-manager package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.