How To Install fakeroot-ng on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fakeroot-ng on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fakeroot-ng
fakeroot-ng is:
This is a clean reimplementation of the fakeroot command. Just like it, anything run within the fake root command will assume it is running as root. Unlike it, fakeroot-ng is not based on LD_PRELOAD but on ptrace.
The practical upshot of this is that the technology supports intercepting the “open” system call. In particular, this allows simulating the “chroot” command reliably.
Another important difference is that fakeroot-ng can fool applications that do not perform system calls through glibc, such as statically linked executables and programs written in some non-C languages (like the latest Sun JDK).
There are three methods to install fakeroot-ng 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 fakeroot-ng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fakeroot-ng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fakeroot-ng
Install fakeroot-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fakeroot-ng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fakeroot-ng
Install fakeroot-ng 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 fakeroot-ng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fakeroot-ng
How To Uninstall fakeroot-ng on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fakeroot-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fakeroot-ng
Uninstall fakeroot-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fakeroot-ng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fakeroot-ng
Remove fakeroot-ng Configurations and Data
To remove fakeroot-ng configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fakeroot-ng
Remove fakeroot-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fakeroot-ng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fakeroot-ng
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fakeroot-ng package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
