Packman is a powerful package management utility that enables users to easily manage, install and remove packages on Linux systems. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through how to install packman on Linux Mint, which is one of the popular Linux distributions.
Before we start installing packman, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing any new package or tool, it is essential to update your system packages. To do so, open the terminal on your Linux Mint and run the following command:
sudo apt update
To install packman, follow the below steps:
Clone the packman repository:
git clone https://github.com/jackdb/packman.git
Change the directory to packman, using the below command:
cd packman/
Run the following command to install packman:
sudo make install
Once the installation is complete, you can start using packman commands to manage, install, and remove packages.
To verify the installation of packman, run the following command in the terminal to check the packman version:
packman -V
This command will show you the current version of packman on your system.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install packman on Linux Mint. You can now easily manage packages using the packman commands. Do keep in mind that packman can only install packages from repositories that you have added to your system.
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