How To Install debhelper on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debhelper on Debian 9.
What is debhelper
debhelper is:
A collection of programs that can be used in a debian/rules file to automate common tasks related to building Debian packages. Programs are included to install various files into your package, compress files, fix file permissions, integrate your package with the Debian menu system, debconf, doc-base, etc. Most Debian packages use debhelper as part of their build process.
There are three methods to install debhelper 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 debhelper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debhelper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debhelper
Install debhelper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debhelper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debhelper
Install debhelper 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 debhelper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debhelper
How To Uninstall debhelper on Debian 9
To uninstall only the debhelper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debhelper
Uninstall debhelper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debhelper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debhelper
Remove debhelper Configurations and Data
To remove debhelper configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debhelper
Remove debhelper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debhelper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debhelper
Dependencies
debhelper have the following dependencies:
- autotools-dev
- binutils
- dh-autoreconf
- dh-strip-nondeterminism
- dpkg
- dpkg-dev
- file
- libdpkg-perl
- man-db
- po-debconf
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debhelper package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.