How To Install arch-install-scripts on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install arch-install-scripts on Ubuntu 20.04. arch-install-scripts is scripts aimed at automating some menial tasks when debootstrapping

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arch-install-scripts on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is arch-install-scripts

arch-install-scripts is:

A small suite of scripts aimed at automating some menial tasks when installing Arch Linux.

These scripts can also aid when debootstrapping a Debian based system.

This package contains genfstab which assists with generating a fstab and arch-chroot which assists with setting up bind mounts and disabling services via policy.d.

There are three methods to install arch-install-scripts on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install arch-install-scripts Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install arch-install-scripts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install arch-install-scripts

Install arch-install-scripts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install arch-install-scripts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install arch-install-scripts

Install arch-install-scripts 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 arch-install-scripts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arch-install-scripts

How To Uninstall arch-install-scripts on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the arch-install-scripts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arch-install-scripts

Uninstall arch-install-scripts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall arch-install-scripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arch-install-scripts

Remove arch-install-scripts Configurations and Data

To remove arch-install-scripts configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge arch-install-scripts

Remove arch-install-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove arch-install-scripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arch-install-scripts

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install arch-install-scripts package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.