How To Install dh-dlang on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-dlang
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dh-dlang
dh-dlang is:
This package contains common code for building D software for the Debian (and derivatives) archive.
It currently contains a debian/rules snippet for selecting the appropriate D build flags based on the default D compiler set for the current architecture.
There are three methods to install dh-dlang
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dh-dlang Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-dlang
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-dlang
Install dh-dlang Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-dlang
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-dlang
Install dh-dlang 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 dh-dlang
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-dlang
How To Uninstall dh-dlang on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dh-dlang
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-dlang
Uninstall dh-dlang And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-dlang
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-dlang
Remove dh-dlang Configurations and Data
To remove dh-dlang
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-dlang
Remove dh-dlang configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-dlang
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-dlang
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-dlang
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.