How To Install puppet-strings on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-strings on Debian 10.
What is puppet-strings
puppet-strings is:
Puppet Strings generates documentation for Puppet code and extensions written in Puppet and Ruby. Strings processes code and YARD-style code comments to create documentation in HTML, Markdown, or JSON formats.
There are three methods to install puppet-strings 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 puppet-strings Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-strings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puppet-strings
Install puppet-strings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-strings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puppet-strings
Install puppet-strings 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 puppet-strings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puppet-strings
How To Uninstall puppet-strings on Debian 10
To uninstall only the puppet-strings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puppet-strings
Uninstall puppet-strings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puppet-strings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-strings
Remove puppet-strings Configurations and Data
To remove puppet-strings configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-strings
Remove puppet-strings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puppet-strings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-strings
Dependencies
puppet-strings have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-strings package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.