How To Install debbugs-local on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debbugs-local
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is debbugs-local
debbugs-local is:
Debian has a bug tracking system which files details of bugs reported by users and developers. Each bug is given a number, and is kept on file until it is marked as having been dealt with. The system is mainly controlled by e-mail, but the bug reports can be viewed using the WWW.
This package contains extra scripts necessary to create a local mirror of the Debian BTS and keep a local mirror up to date.
There are three methods to install debbugs-local
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 debbugs-local Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debbugs-local
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debbugs-local
Install debbugs-local Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debbugs-local
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debbugs-local
Install debbugs-local 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 debbugs-local
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debbugs-local
How To Uninstall debbugs-local on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the debbugs-local
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debbugs-local
Uninstall debbugs-local And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debbugs-local
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debbugs-local
Remove debbugs-local Configurations and Data
To remove debbugs-local
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debbugs-local
Remove debbugs-local configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debbugs-local
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debbugs-local
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debbugs-local
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.