How To Install automake-1.15 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install automake-1.15 on Debian 10.
What is automake-1.15
automake-1.15 is:
Automake is a tool for automatically generating
Makefile.in's from files calledMakefile.am'.
The goal of Automake is to remove the burden of Makefile maintenance from the back of the individual GNU maintainer (and put it on the back of the Automake maintainer).
The Makefile.am' is basically a series of make’ macro definitions
(with rules being thrown in occasionally). The generated
`Makefile.in’s are compliant with the GNU Makefile standards.
Automake 1.15 fails to work in a number of situations that Automake 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.14 did, so previous versions are available as separate packages.
There are three methods to install automake-1.15 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install automake-1.15 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install automake-1.15 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install automake-1.15
Install automake-1.15 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install automake-1.15 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install automake-1.15
Install automake-1.15 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 automake-1.15 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install automake-1.15
How To Uninstall automake-1.15 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the automake-1.15 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove automake-1.15
Uninstall automake-1.15 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall automake-1.15 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove automake-1.15
Remove automake-1.15 Configurations and Data
To remove automake-1.15 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge automake-1.15
Remove automake-1.15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove automake-1.15 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge automake-1.15
Dependencies
automake-1.15 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install automake-1.15 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.