How To Install debbuild on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debbuild on CentOS 8.
What is debbuild
debbuild attempts to build Debian-friendly semi-native packages from RPM spec files, RPM-friendly tarballs, and RPM source packages (.src.rpm files). It accepts most of the options rpmbuild does, and should be able to interpret most spec files usefully.
We can use yum or dnf to install debbuild on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debbuild.
Install debbuild on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install debbuild using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install debbuild
Install debbuild on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install debbuild using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install debbuild
How To Uninstall debbuild on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the debbuild package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove debbuild
debbuild Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/debbuild
/usr/bin/debbuild
/usr/lib/debbuild
/usr/lib/debbuild/debrc
/usr/lib/debbuild/find-lang.pl
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros.d
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros.d/macros.00platform
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros.d/macros.sysutils
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros.d/macros.texlive
/usr/share/doc/debbuild
/usr/share/doc/debbuild/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/debbuild
/usr/share/licenses/debbuild/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/debbuild.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/debbuild.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/debbuild.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/debbuild.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/debbuild.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debbuild on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
