How to Install and Uninstall git-secrets Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the git-secrets on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "git-secrets" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install git-secrets on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "git-secrets" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall git-secrets on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: git-secrets
Version: 1.3.0-5
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_1.3.0-5_all.deb
Size: 20396
MD5sum: 3877e24dcd8899b84900364efd19961a
SHA256: 29015cb9e944aca17b503f708e7166513837c4a3556ea9c42c88cf3ed399d9a4