How To Install debbuild on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debbuild on Rocky Linux 8.
What is debbuild
debbuild attempts to build Debian-friendly semi-native packages from RPM spec files, RPM-friendly tarballs, and RPM source packages (.src.rpm files). It accepts most of the options rpmbuild does, and should be able to interpret most spec files usefully.
We can use yum or dnf to install debbuild on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debbuild.
Install debbuild on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install debbuild using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install debbuild
Install debbuild on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install debbuild using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install debbuild
How To Uninstall debbuild on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the debbuild package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove debbuild
debbuild Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/debbuild
/usr/bin/debbuild
/usr/lib/debbuild
/usr/lib/debbuild/debrc
/usr/lib/debbuild/find-lang.pl
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros.d
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros.d/macros.00platform
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros.d/macros.sysutils
/usr/lib/debbuild/macros.d/macros.texlive
/usr/share/doc/debbuild
/usr/share/doc/debbuild/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/debbuild
/usr/share/licenses/debbuild/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/debbuild.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/debbuild.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/debbuild.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/debbuild.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/debbuild.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debbuild on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.