How To Install tup on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tup on Debian 12.
What is tup
tup is:
Tup is a file-based build system for Linux, OSX, and Windows. It takes as input a list of file changes and a directed acyclic graph (DAG). It then processes the DAG to execute the appropriate commands required to update dependent files. Updates are performed with very little overhead since tup implements powerful build algorithms to avoid doing unnecessary work. This means you can stay focused on your project rather than on your build system.
There are three methods to install tup 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 tup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tup
Install tup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tup
Install tup 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 tup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tup
How To Uninstall tup on Debian 12
To uninstall only the tup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tup
Uninstall tup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tup
Remove tup Configurations and Data
To remove tup configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tup
Remove tup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tup
Dependencies
tup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tup package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
