How To Install pkg-perl-autopkgtest on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-perl-autopkgtest
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pkg-perl-autopkgtest
pkg-perl-autopkgtest is:
This package contains test runners to be used with the autopkgtest infrastructure for perl packages.
Packages using the tests with autopkgtests in this package need to depend on it in their debian/tests/control file, not in their debian/control file, or can simply set “Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl” in debian/control.
Cf. /usr/share/doc/pkg-perl-autopkgtest/README.autopkgtest for information on about the tests and how to tweak them.
There are three methods to install pkg-perl-autopkgtest
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pkg-perl-autopkgtest 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-perl-autopkgtest
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pkg-perl-autopkgtest
Install pkg-perl-autopkgtest Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-perl-autopkgtest
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pkg-perl-autopkgtest
Install pkg-perl-autopkgtest 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 pkg-perl-autopkgtest
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pkg-perl-autopkgtest
How To Uninstall pkg-perl-autopkgtest on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pkg-perl-autopkgtest
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pkg-perl-autopkgtest
Uninstall pkg-perl-autopkgtest And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pkg-perl-autopkgtest
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-perl-autopkgtest
Remove pkg-perl-autopkgtest Configurations and Data
To remove pkg-perl-autopkgtest
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-perl-autopkgtest
Remove pkg-perl-autopkgtest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pkg-perl-autopkgtest
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-perl-autopkgtest
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-perl-autopkgtest
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.