How To Install vim-redact-pass on Debian 12

Learn how to install vim-redact-pass on Debian 12 with this tutorial. vim-redact-pass is stop pass(1) passwords ending up in Vim cache files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-redact-pass on Debian 12.

What is vim-redact-pass

vim-redact-pass is:

This Vim/Neovim plugin switches off the ‘viminfo’, ‘backup’, ‘writebackup’, ‘swapfile’, and ‘undofile’ options globally when editing a password in pass(1). This is to prevent anyone being able to extract passwords from your Vim cache files in the event of a compromise.

There are three methods to install vim-redact-pass 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 vim-redact-pass Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vim-redact-pass using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vim-redact-pass

Install vim-redact-pass Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vim-redact-pass using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vim-redact-pass

Install vim-redact-pass 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 vim-redact-pass using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vim-redact-pass

How To Uninstall vim-redact-pass on Debian 12

To uninstall only the vim-redact-pass package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vim-redact-pass

Uninstall vim-redact-pass And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vim-redact-pass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-redact-pass

Remove vim-redact-pass Configurations and Data

To remove vim-redact-pass configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-redact-pass

Remove vim-redact-pass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vim-redact-pass configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-redact-pass

Dependencies

vim-redact-pass have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-redact-pass package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.