How To Install mini-buildd-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mini-buildd-common on Debian 9.
What is mini-buildd-common
mini-buildd-common is:
This is a dummy package assuring mini-buildd-common is upgraded (as a possible purge of the 0.8.x package would badly break mini-buildd 1.0).
There are three methods to install mini-buildd-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mini-buildd-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mini-buildd-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mini-buildd-common
Install mini-buildd-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mini-buildd-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mini-buildd-common
Install mini-buildd-common 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mini-buildd-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mini-buildd-common
How To Uninstall mini-buildd-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mini-buildd-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mini-buildd-common
Uninstall mini-buildd-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mini-buildd-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mini-buildd-common
Remove mini-buildd-common Configurations and Data
To remove mini-buildd-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mini-buildd-common
Remove mini-buildd-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mini-buildd-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mini-buildd-common
Dependencies
mini-buildd-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mini-buildd-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
