How To Install mini-soong on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mini-soong on Debian 11.
What is mini-soong
mini-soong is:
Mini-Soong is a minimalist and incomplete reimplementation of Soong, the Android build system. It is intended to simplify the packaging of parts of Android for Debian. It is not intended to be a complete replacement for Soong.
There are three methods to install mini-soong on Debian 11. 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-soong 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-soong using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mini-soong
Install mini-soong Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mini-soong using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mini-soong
Install mini-soong 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-soong using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mini-soong
How To Uninstall mini-soong on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mini-soong package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mini-soong
Uninstall mini-soong And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mini-soong and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mini-soong
Remove mini-soong Configurations and Data
To remove mini-soong configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mini-soong
Remove mini-soong configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mini-soong configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mini-soong
Dependencies
mini-soong have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mini-soong package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
