Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debaux on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is debaux
debaux is:
This package contains Perl programs and modules to build
and publish Debian packages.
debaux-build automatically downloads APT sources before
building, applies patches and additional sources. It
has options to build the packages in an existing chroot
environment, check the generated packages with lintian, install
the created packages on your local system or turn them
into RPM packages.
debaux-build has experimental support for downloading
Perl modules from CPAN and creating the necessary Debian
packaging files.
debaux-publish uploads packages and runs the scripts
to create the APT sources and packages files on the
remote system. debaux-publish doesn’t support the pool
structure yet.
There are three methods to install debaux 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 debaux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debaux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debaux
Install debaux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debaux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debaux
Install debaux 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 debaux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debaux
How To Uninstall debaux on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the debaux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debaux
Uninstall debaux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debaux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debaux
Remove debaux Configurations and Data
To remove debaux configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debaux
Remove debaux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debaux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debaux
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debaux package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
