How To Install scriv on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scriv on Debian 12.
What is scriv
scriv is:
Command-line tool for helping developers maintain useful changelogs. It manages a directory of changelog fragments. It aggregates them into entries in a CHANGELOG file.
Scriv writes changelog fragments into a directory called “changelog.d”. Start by creating this directory.
To make a new changelog fragment, use the ‘scriv create’ command. It will make a new file with a filename using the current date and time, your GitHub or Git user name, and your branch name. Changelog fragments should be committed along with all the other changes on your branch.
When it is time to release your project, the ‘scriv collect’ command aggregates all the fragments into a new entry in your changelog file.
There are three methods to install scriv 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 scriv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scriv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scriv
Install scriv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scriv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scriv
Install scriv 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 scriv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scriv
How To Uninstall scriv on Debian 12
To uninstall only the scriv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scriv
Uninstall scriv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scriv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scriv
Remove scriv Configurations and Data
To remove scriv configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scriv
Remove scriv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scriv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scriv
Dependencies
scriv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scriv package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
