How To Install buildbot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install buildbot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is buildbot
buildbot is:
This is a transitional package for python3-buildbot. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install buildbot on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install buildbot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install buildbot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install buildbot
Install buildbot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install buildbot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install buildbot
Install buildbot 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 buildbot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install buildbot
How To Uninstall buildbot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the buildbot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove buildbot
Uninstall buildbot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall buildbot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove buildbot
Remove buildbot Configurations and Data
To remove buildbot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge buildbot
Remove buildbot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove buildbot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge buildbot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install buildbot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.