How To Install shake on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shake on Debian 12.
What is shake
shake is:
The shake utility is a simple and transparent test engine for Lua.
Shake gives concise reports when the tests succeed, while it prints detailed traces when tests fail.
Regular Lua test files, if written using only standard assert and print calls, can be run with shake with no modifications.
This package contains the shake command line utility, the Lua modules that implement shake functionalities and the documentation for both.
There are three methods to install shake 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 shake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shake
Install shake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shake
Install shake 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 shake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shake
How To Uninstall shake on Debian 12
To uninstall only the shake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shake
Uninstall shake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shake
Remove shake Configurations and Data
To remove shake configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shake
Remove shake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shake
Dependencies
shake have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shake package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.