How To Install dh-elpa-helper on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-elpa-helper
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dh-elpa-helper
dh-elpa-helper is:
This package provides the helper scripts needed by packages built with dh-elpa (>= 2.0). This allows dh-elpa using binary packages to receive bug fixes without rebuilding.
There are three methods to install dh-elpa-helper
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dh-elpa-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-elpa-helper
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-elpa-helper
Install dh-elpa-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-elpa-helper
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-elpa-helper
Install dh-elpa-helper 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 dh-elpa-helper
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-elpa-helper
How To Uninstall dh-elpa-helper on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dh-elpa-helper
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-elpa-helper
Uninstall dh-elpa-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-elpa-helper
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-elpa-helper
Remove dh-elpa-helper Configurations and Data
To remove dh-elpa-helper
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-elpa-helper
Remove dh-elpa-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-elpa-helper
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-elpa-helper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-elpa-helper
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.