How To Install cowbuilder on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cowbuilder on Debian 9.
What is cowbuilder
cowbuilder is:
‘cowbuilder’ command is a wrapper for pbuilder which allows using pbuilder-like interface over cowdancer environment.
pbuilder is a tool for building and testing Debian package inside a clean chroot, and cowbuilder allows chroot to be recreated using hard-linked copies with copy-on-write, which makes creation and destruction of chroots fast.
There are three methods to install cowbuilder on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cowbuilder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cowbuilder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cowbuilder
Install cowbuilder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cowbuilder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cowbuilder
Install cowbuilder 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cowbuilder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cowbuilder
How To Uninstall cowbuilder on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cowbuilder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cowbuilder
Uninstall cowbuilder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cowbuilder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cowbuilder
Remove cowbuilder Configurations and Data
To remove cowbuilder configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cowbuilder
Remove cowbuilder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cowbuilder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cowbuilder
Dependencies
cowbuilder have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cowbuilder package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.