How To Install bazel-bootstrap-data on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-bootstrap-data on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bazel-bootstrap-data
bazel-bootstrap-data is:
Supported build tasks include running compilers and linkers to produce executable programs and libraries, and assembling deployable packages for Android, iOS and other target environments. Bazel is similar to other tools like Make, Ant, Gradle, Buck, Pants and Maven.
This package contains architecture-independent data for the bootstrap variant of Bazel and should only be used on systems that do not have the full version of Bazel built yet.
There are three methods to install bazel-bootstrap-data on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bazel-bootstrap-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bazel-bootstrap-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bazel-bootstrap-data
Install bazel-bootstrap-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bazel-bootstrap-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bazel-bootstrap-data
Install bazel-bootstrap-data 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 bazel-bootstrap-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bazel-bootstrap-data
How To Uninstall bazel-bootstrap-data on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bazel-bootstrap-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bazel-bootstrap-data
Uninstall bazel-bootstrap-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bazel-bootstrap-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bazel-bootstrap-data
Remove bazel-bootstrap-data Configurations and Data
To remove bazel-bootstrap-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bazel-bootstrap-data
Remove bazel-bootstrap-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bazel-bootstrap-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bazel-bootstrap-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-bootstrap-data package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
