Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdowl on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bsdowl
bsdowl is:
This collection of BSD Make directives aims at providing a highly
portable universal build system targeting modern UNIX systems and
supporting common or less common languages.
It can already be used to:
- Prepare and publish TeX documents;
- Develop TeX macros with NOWEB;
- Develop OCaml software;
- Maintain and deploy FreeBSD workstation configuration files;
- Prepare static website with ONSGMLS.
It is well tested under:
- Mac OS X, version 10.6.8 and above
- FreeBSD, version 9.0 and above
- Debian Jessie and newer
There are three methods to install bsdowl on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bsdowl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdowl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bsdowl
Install bsdowl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdowl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bsdowl
Install bsdowl 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdowl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bsdowl
How To Uninstall bsdowl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bsdowl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bsdowl
Uninstall bsdowl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bsdowl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdowl
Remove bsdowl Configurations and Data
To remove bsdowl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bsdowl
Remove bsdowl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bsdowl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdowl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdowl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
