How To Install brz-debian on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install brz-debian on Ubuntu 22.04. brz-debian is breezy plugin for Debian package management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brz-debian on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is brz-debian

brz-debian is:

brz-debian is a plugin for the breezy version control system that helps to automate the task of maintaining Debian packages using breezy. It is similar in intent to cvs-buildpackage, svn-buildpackage and the similar scripts.

It builds a Debian package from a branch, optionally using a separate upstream tarball.

There are three methods to install brz-debian 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 brz-debian Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install brz-debian

Install brz-debian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install brz-debian

Install brz-debian 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 brz-debian using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install brz-debian

How To Uninstall brz-debian on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the brz-debian package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove brz-debian

Uninstall brz-debian And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove brz-debian

Remove brz-debian Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge brz-debian

Remove brz-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brz-debian

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Summary

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