How To Install elpa-devscripts on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-devscripts on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is elpa-devscripts
elpa-devscripts is:
This package contains: devscripts - wrappers around the debuild, debc and debi commands; pbuilder-log-view - wrappers around viewing pbuilder logs; pbuilder - wrappers around pbuilder
There are three methods to install elpa-devscripts 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 elpa-devscripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-devscripts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-devscripts
Install elpa-devscripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-devscripts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-devscripts
Install elpa-devscripts 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 elpa-devscripts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-devscripts
How To Uninstall elpa-devscripts on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the elpa-devscripts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-devscripts
Uninstall elpa-devscripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-devscripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-devscripts
Remove elpa-devscripts Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-devscripts configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-devscripts
Remove elpa-devscripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-devscripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-devscripts
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-devscripts package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.