How To Install secrets on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install secrets on Debian 12.
What is secrets
secrets is:
Secrets is a password manager which integrates perfectly with the GNOME desktop and provides an easy and uncluttered interface for the management of password databases.
There are three methods to install secrets 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 secrets Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install secrets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install secrets
Install secrets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install secrets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install secrets
Install secrets 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 secrets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install secrets
How To Uninstall secrets on Debian 12
To uninstall only the secrets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove secrets
Uninstall secrets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall secrets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove secrets
Remove secrets Configurations and Data
To remove secrets configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge secrets
Remove secrets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove secrets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge secrets
Dependencies
secrets have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install secrets package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.