How To Install dh-package-notes on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-package-notes on Ubuntu 22.04. dh-package-notes is Debian Helper for adding package metadata to ELF binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-package-notes on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is dh-package-notes

dh-package-notes is:

Generate a linker script to add package metadata to the ELF binaries being built. See: https://systemd.io/COREDUMP_PACKAGE_METADATA/

There are three methods to install dh-package-notes 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 dh-package-notes 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-package-notes using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dh-package-notes

Install dh-package-notes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-package-notes using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dh-package-notes

Install dh-package-notes 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-package-notes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-package-notes

How To Uninstall dh-package-notes on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the dh-package-notes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dh-package-notes

Uninstall dh-package-notes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dh-package-notes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-package-notes

Remove dh-package-notes Configurations and Data

To remove dh-package-notes configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-package-notes

Remove dh-package-notes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dh-package-notes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-package-notes

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-package-notes package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.