How To Install bash-builtins on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bash-builtins on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is bash-builtins
bash-builtins is:
Bash can dynamically load new builtin commands. Included are the necessary headers to compile your own builtins and lots of examples.
Package: bash-builtins Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.0-6ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Source: bash Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 892 Depends: bash (= 5.0-6ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/b/bash/bash-builtins_5.0-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 117068 MD5sum: 782204d3d2c3cfc7d08a9f49fc03d348 SHA1: b12e31f5410744b724875432aef31ce5afdb19dd SHA256: 5719086df5e0a2113bf17580c9525108bf5fe89cd774366c33a0358ce74de3fa Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html Description-en: Bash loadable builtins - headers & examples Bash can dynamically load new builtin commands. Included are the necessary headers to compile your own builtins and lots of examples.
There are three methods to install bash-builtins 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 bash-builtins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bash-builtins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bash-builtins
Install bash-builtins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bash-builtins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bash-builtins
Install bash-builtins 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 bash-builtins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bash-builtins
How To Uninstall bash-builtins on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the bash-builtins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bash-builtins
Uninstall bash-builtins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bash-builtins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bash-builtins
Remove bash-builtins Configurations and Data
To remove bash-builtins configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bash-builtins
Remove bash-builtins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bash-builtins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bash-builtins
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bash-builtins package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
