How to Install and Uninstall git-secrets Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "git-secrets" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install git-secrets on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                git-secrets
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "git-secrets" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall git-secrets on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the git-secrets package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: git-secrets
Version: 1.3.0-2
Installed-Size: 41
Maintainer: Francois Marier
Architecture: all
Description: Prevents accidental commits of credentials
Description-md5: 05d772e323e9636935eca58c196c53fb
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/git-secrets/git-secrets_1.3.0-2_all.deb
Size: 20332
MD5sum: b2784170a46f3ba23edcfb2c5d224a74
SHA256: 764d276f90150d21586d1a4453f1fa4c5f1545baa8af96fc939a912970d1e684