How To Install bazel-skylib on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-skylib on Ubuntu 22.04. bazel-skylib is Skylib library for Bazel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-skylib on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bazel-skylib

bazel-skylib is:

Library of Starlark functions for manipulating collections, file paths, and various other data types in the domain of Bazel build rules.

Each of the .bzl files in the lib directory defines a “module” — a struct that contains a set of related functions and/or other symbols that can be loaded as a single unit, for convenience.

Skylib also provides build rules under the rules directory.

There are three methods to install bazel-skylib 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-skylib 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-skylib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bazel-skylib

Install bazel-skylib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bazel-skylib

Install bazel-skylib 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-skylib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bazel-skylib

How To Uninstall bazel-skylib on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the bazel-skylib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bazel-skylib

Uninstall bazel-skylib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bazel-skylib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bazel-skylib

Remove bazel-skylib Configurations and Data

To remove bazel-skylib configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bazel-skylib

Remove bazel-skylib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bazel-skylib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bazel-skylib

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-skylib package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.