How To Install thunar-vcs-plugin on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-vcs-plugin on Debian 11. thunar-vcs-plugin is VCS plugin for Thunar file manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-vcs-plugin on Debian 11.

What is thunar-vcs-plugin

thunar-vcs-plugin is:

Git and Subversion integration into the Thunar file manager. The current features are:

  • most of the svn action: add, blame, checkout, cleanup, commit, copy, delete, export, import, lock, log, move, properties, relocate, resolved, revert, status, switch, unlock, update.
  • Subversion info in file properties dialog.
  • Basic Git actions: add, blame, branch, clean, clone, log, move, reset, stash, status.

There are three methods to install thunar-vcs-plugin on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install thunar-vcs-plugin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install thunar-vcs-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install thunar-vcs-plugin

Install thunar-vcs-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install thunar-vcs-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install thunar-vcs-plugin

Install thunar-vcs-plugin 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 thunar-vcs-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install thunar-vcs-plugin

How To Uninstall thunar-vcs-plugin on Debian 11

To uninstall only the thunar-vcs-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove thunar-vcs-plugin

Uninstall thunar-vcs-plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall thunar-vcs-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove thunar-vcs-plugin

Remove thunar-vcs-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove thunar-vcs-plugin configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge thunar-vcs-plugin

Remove thunar-vcs-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove thunar-vcs-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thunar-vcs-plugin

Dependencies

thunar-vcs-plugin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-vcs-plugin package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.