How To Install towncrier on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install towncrier on Debian 12.
What is towncrier
towncrier is:
Towncrier is a utility to produce useful, summarised news files for your project. Rather than reading the VCS history as some newer tools do, or having one single file which developers all write to, towncrier reads ??news fragments?? which contain information useful to end users.
towncrier delivers the news which is convenient to those that hear it, not those that write it.
That is, a ??news fragment?? (a small file containing just enough information to be useful to end users) can be written that summarises what has changed from the ??developer log?? (which may contain complex information about the original issue, how it was fixed, who authored the fix, and who reviewed the fix). By compiling a collection of these fragments, towncrier can produce a digest of the changes which is valuable to those who may wish to use the software.
There are three methods to install towncrier 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 towncrier Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install towncrier using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install towncrier
Install towncrier Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install towncrier using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install towncrier
Install towncrier 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 towncrier using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install towncrier
How To Uninstall towncrier on Debian 12
To uninstall only the towncrier package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove towncrier
Uninstall towncrier And Its Dependencies
To uninstall towncrier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove towncrier
Remove towncrier Configurations and Data
To remove towncrier configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge towncrier
Remove towncrier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove towncrier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge towncrier
Dependencies
towncrier have the following dependencies:
- python3-click
- python3-click-default-group
- python3-incremental
- python3-jinja2
- python3-pkg-resources
- python3-tomli
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install towncrier package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
