How To Install sqitch on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqitch on Debian 9.
What is sqitch
sqitch is:
Sqitch provides a simple yet robust interface for database change management. The philosophy and functionality is inspired by Git.
There are three methods to install sqitch on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sqitch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sqitch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sqitch
Install sqitch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sqitch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sqitch
Install sqitch 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 sqitch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sqitch
How To Uninstall sqitch on Debian 9
To uninstall only the sqitch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sqitch
Uninstall sqitch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sqitch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqitch
Remove sqitch Configurations and Data
To remove sqitch configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sqitch
Remove sqitch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sqitch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sqitch
Dependencies
sqitch have the following dependencies:
- perl
- libclone-perl
- libconfig-gitlike-perl
- libdatetime-perl
- libdatetime-timezone-perl
- libdbi-perl
- libdevel-stacktrace-perl
- libencode-locale-perl
- libfile-homedir-perl
- libhash-merge-perl
- libintl-perl
- libio-pager-perl
- libipc-run3-perl
- libipc-system-simple-perl
- liblist-moreutils-perl
- libmoo-perl
- libnamespace-autoclean-perl
- libpath-class-perl
- libperlio-utf8-strict-perl
- libstring-formatter-perl
- libstring-shellquote-perl
- libsub-exporter-perl
- libtemplate-tiny-perl
- libthrowable-perl
- libtry-tiny-perl
- libtype-tiny-perl
- libtype-tiny-xs-perl
- liburi-db-perl
- liburi-perl
- libdbd-pg-perl
- postgresql-client
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqitch package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.