How To Install blends-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blends-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is blends-dev
blends-dev is:
This package makes life easier when packaging metapackages. Perhaps this will also encourage other people to build metapackages if there are easy to use templates where only the packages, the metapackage is depending from, to insert into the right place.
There are three methods to install blends-dev 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 blends-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blends-dev
Install blends-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blends-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blends-dev
Install blends-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blends-dev
How To Uninstall blends-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the blends-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blends-dev
Uninstall blends-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blends-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blends-dev
Remove blends-dev Configurations and Data
To remove blends-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blends-dev
Remove blends-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blends-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blends-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blends-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.