How To Install blends-common on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install blends-common on Ubuntu 22.04. blends-common is Debian Pure Blends common package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blends-common on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is blends-common

blends-common is:

This package builds the basic infra structure for metapackages.

This package provides some files which are common to metapackages of Common Debian Distributions. It introduces a method to handle system users in a group named according to the name of the Debian Pure Blend.

There are three methods to install blends-common 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 blends-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blends-common

Install blends-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install blends-common

Install blends-common 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 blends-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blends-common

How To Uninstall blends-common on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the blends-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove blends-common

Uninstall blends-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blends-common

Remove blends-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge blends-common

Remove blends-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blends-common

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Summary

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