How To Install pkg-components on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-components on Debian 9.
What is pkg-components
pkg-components is:
Support for additional components in debian/rules To be activated one would need to run ‘dh –with components $@’ and also there would have to be a ‘debian/components’ directory.
There are three methods to install pkg-components 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 pkg-components Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-components using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pkg-components
Install pkg-components Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-components using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pkg-components
Install pkg-components 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 pkg-components using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pkg-components
How To Uninstall pkg-components on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pkg-components package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pkg-components
Uninstall pkg-components And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pkg-components and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-components
Remove pkg-components Configurations and Data
To remove pkg-components configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-components
Remove pkg-components configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pkg-components configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-components
Dependencies
pkg-components have the following dependencies:
- dh-make-perl
- dpkg-dev
- libdebian-copyright-perl
- libperl6-slurp-perl
- libreadonly-perl
- libreadonly-xs-perl
- make
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-components package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
